Social capital and crime: A cross-national multilevel study

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-80

  Roh, Sunghoon ^a   Lee, Ju Lak ^b  

^a Korean National Police University   (South Korea)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Criminal victimization; Cross national; Multilevel analysis; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875808961     PISSN: 17560616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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