The relationship between crime and "objective" versus "subjective" strains

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Froggio, Giacinto ^a   Agnew, Robert ^b  

^a Department for the Study of Juvenile Deviance   (Italy)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846408009     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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