The Empirical Status of Control Theory in Criminology

Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory: Advances in Criminological Theory: Volume 15

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 77-100

  Gottfredson, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315130620-3     Document Type: Chapter

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