A snowball's chance in hell: Doing fieldwork with active residential burglars

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 148-161

  Wright, Richard ^a   Decker, Scott H ^a   Redfern, Allison K ^a   Smith, Dietrich L ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINOLOGY; DELINQUENCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; OFFENDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026547773     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427892029002003     Document Type: Article

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