Collateral gains from the military? A cross-national analysis of the armed forces-crime relationship

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-614

  Sun, Ivan Y ^a   Sung, Hung En ^b   Chu, Doris C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscription; Cross national study; Military; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; POPULATION SIZE; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 36649026369     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07299225     Document Type: Article

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