Alcohol, drugs and murder: A study of convicted homicide offenders
β Scribed by William F. Wieczorek; John W. Welte; Ernest L. Abel
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 622 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0047-2352
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