Causes of crime: Uncovering a Lay Model

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 410-419

  Campbell, Anne ^a   Muncer, Steven ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84973778465     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854890017004002     Document Type: Article

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