An evaluation of the assumptions that underlie institutional anomie theory

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-61

  Chamlin, Mitchell B ^a   Cochran, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

institutional anomie; macrosocial theory; theory falsification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846306753     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480607072734     Document Type: Article

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