The correlates of crime and deviance: Additional evidence

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-328

  Antonaccio, Olena ^a   Tittle, Charles R ^b   Botchkovar, Ekaterina ^c   Kranidiotis, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Correlates; Crime; Cross national

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954911812     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810365678     Document Type: Article

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