Social capital and aggressive behavior

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 235-249

  Gatti, Uberto ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448944889     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-007-9059-y     Document Type: Review

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