The children's fund and the prevention of crime and anti-social behaviour

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-296

  Mason, Paul ^a   Prior, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Evaluation; Prevention; Risk; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349133027     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895808092430     Document Type: Article

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