Crazy by design: A biosocial approach to the age-crime curve

Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 154-175

  Walsh, Anthony ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203929919     Document Type: Chapter

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