Social determinants of crime in a welfare state: Do they still matter?

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-181

  Aaltonen, Mikko ^a   Kivivuori, Janne ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

administrative registers; crime; driving while intoxicated; education; property crime; socio economic status; violence; young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958044629     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699311402228     Document Type: Article

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