Spuriousness or mediation? Broken windows according to Sampson and Raudenbush (1999)

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-243

  Gault, Martha ^a   Silver, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949156233     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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