Reducing Homicide: Summary of a Review of the Possibilities
- ISBN-10
- 1840829494
- ISBN-13
- 9781840829495
- Category
- Homicide
- Pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Authors
- Fiona Brookman, Mike Maguire
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