Explaining the Great American Crime Decline: A Review of Blumstein and Wallman, Goldberger and Rosenfeld, and Zimring

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 489-516

  Barker, Vanessa ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77954092993     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2010.01192.x     Document Type: Review

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