Risk, responsibilities and rights: Reassessing the 'economic causes of crime' thesis in a recession

Youth Justice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-56

  Fergusson, Ross ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mutual obligations; rights; risk; social cohesion; unemployment crime relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876014396     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: 17476283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480212474733     Document Type: Article

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