Desistance, social bonds, and human agency: A theoretical exploration

The Explanation of Crime: Context, Mechanisms, and Development

Volumn 9780521857079, Issue , 2006, Pages 243-290

  Bottoms, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84927967237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489341.008     Document Type: Chapter

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