The Craft of Robbers of Cash-in-transit Vans: Crime Facilitators and the Entrepreneurial Approach

International Journal of the Sociology of Law

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-291

  Gill, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035640531     PISSN: 01946595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijsl.2001.0152     Document Type: Article

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