Using a Narrative Framework to Understand the Drugs and Violence Nexus

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-46

  Copes, Heith ^a   Hochstetler, Andy ^b   Sandberg, Sveinung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

crime delinquency theory; other; substance abuse; violent behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923365322     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016814560436     Document Type: Article

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