An economic model of recent trends in violence

The Crime Drop in America, Revised Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 266-287

  Grogger, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84927063291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511616167.009     Document Type: Chapter

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