Contributions of Cross-National Research to Criminology at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-22

  Stamatel, Janet P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime Rate; Criminal Activity; Homicide Rate; Property Crime; Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125904602     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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