Effects of government initiatives on youth crime

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-483

  Sabates, Ricardo ^a   Feinstein, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EDUCATION POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLICY APPROACH; STATE ROLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47049117360     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpm038     Document Type: Article

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