Psychological predictors of self-reported shoplifting

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Day, Liza ^a   Maltby, John ^a   Giles, David ^a   Wingrove, Vicki ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Personality; Self esteem; Shoplifting; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034366112     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160008410833     Document Type: Article

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