Agency as a Cause of Crime

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-100

  Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz ^a   Jacques, Scott ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887172154     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2013.822205     Document Type: Article

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