Youth crime rates and the youth justice system

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 621-639

  Sprott, Jane B ^a   Doob, Anthony N ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crime measurement; Self reported offending; UCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849164124     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.50.5.621     Document Type: Article

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