An empirical examination of AMBER Alert 'successes'

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1053-1062

  Griffin, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 77957016431     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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