Crime among irregular immigrants and the influence of internal border control

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-38

  Leerkes, Arjen ^a,b   Engbersen, Godfried ^a   van der Leun, Joanne ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ministerie van Justitie   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84863107037     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-012-9367-0     Document Type: Article

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