Trends in assault: On the relationship between the assault rate and selected social indicators in post-war Finland

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-49

  Sirén, Reino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Assault Rate; Clearance Rate; Criminal Violence; Finland; Private Consumption Expenditure; Robust Estimation; Timeseries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010852589     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140438502762467191     Document Type: Article

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