Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaign

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 608-616

  Flexon, Jamie L ^a   Guerette, Rob T ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449533682     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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