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Articles

Compulsory Schooling Laws, Overcrowding, and Youth Crime: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Brazilian Municipalities

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Pages 1589-1607 | Received 02 Jun 2022, Accepted 22 May 2023, Published online: 07 Jun 2023

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