International crime trends: Sources of comparative crime data and post-war trends in Western Europe

Transnational and Comparative Criminology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 19-48

  Westfelt, Lars ^a   Estrada, Felipe ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84925762821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843146049     Document Type: Chapter

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