The effects of alcohol intoxication on violent versus other offending

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1343-1360

  Felson, Richard B ^a   Staff, Jeremy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol intoxication; crime; dosage effects; victims; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249267960     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810382003     Document Type: Article

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