Juvenile Gangs
- ISBN-10
- 0398057982
- ISBN-13
- 9780398057985
- Category
- Social Science / Criminology
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- C.C. Thomas
- Authors
- Herbert C. Covey, Robert J. Franzese, Scott W. Menard
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