A general strain theory of terrorism

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-153

  Agnew, Robert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

general strain theory; strain; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953186283     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609350163     Document Type: Article

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