General strain theory: Additional evidence using cross-cultural data

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-176

  Botchkovar, Ekaterina V ^a   Tittle, Charles R ^b   Antonaccio, Olena ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

General strain theory; Greece; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649112197     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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