Cure violence: A disease control approach to reduce violence and change behavior

Epidemiological Criminology: Theory to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 232-242

  Ransford, Charles ^a   Kane, Candice ^a   Slutkin, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84918918147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203083420     Document Type: Chapter

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