Crime as a Price of Inequality?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 456-481

  Hällsten, Martin ^a   Szulkin, Ryszard ^a   Sarnecki, Jerzy ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

crime; immigrants' crime; immigration; inequality; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876385017     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azt005     Document Type: Article

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