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Extending a Social Control Framework to Explain the Link between Romantic Relationships and Violent Victimization by Non-Intimate Perpetrators: A Study of Actor and Partner Effects*

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Pages 494-522 | Received 21 Sep 2022, Accepted 10 Jul 2023, Published online: 22 Jul 2023

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