Uncertainty, cooperation, and crime: Understanding the decision to co-offend

Social Forces

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-184

  McCarthy, Bill ^a   Hagan, John ^b   Cohen, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Davis ^*

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EID: 0032332818     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/77.1.155     Document Type: Article

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