A rational-choice approach to violence

Violence: From Theory to Research

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 71-90

  Felson, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315721231-11     Document Type: Chapter

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