Not by accident: An analytical approach to traffic crash harm reduction

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 502-514

  Corsaro, Nicholas ^a   Gerard, Daniel W ^b   Engel, Robin S ^a   Eck, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Police Department   (United States)

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EID: 84866043704     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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