Communities, Crime, and Reactions to Crime Multilevel Models: Accomplishments and Meta-Challenges

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-466

  Taylor, Ralph B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78149487950     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-010-9114-6     Document Type: Article

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