Self-control, intimate partner abuse, and intimate partner victimization: Testing the general theory of crime in Thailand

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 503-532

  Kerley, Kent R ^a   Xu, Xiaohe ^b   Sirisunyaluck, Bangon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 47749107204     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620701673156     Document Type: Article

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