Cross-national patterns in crime rates

Crime and Justice

Volumn 33, Issue , 2006, Pages 331-345

  Cook, Philip J ^a,b   Khmilevska, Nataliya ^b  

^a ITT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41049091179     PISSN: 01923234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/655369     Document Type: Article

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