The 'moral panic' that wasn't: The sixties crime issue in the US

Fear of Crime: Critical Voices in an Age of Anxiety

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 12-31

  Loo, Dennis ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203894408     Document Type: Chapter

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