Gender and crime: An evolutionary perspective

Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-136

  Campbell, Anne ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203929919     Document Type: Chapter

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