Untangling research puzzles in Merton's multilevel anomie theory

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-93

  Baumer, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

anomie; multilevel theory; Robert Merton; strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846289259     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480607072736     Document Type: Article

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