Streetlife and the rewards of auto theft

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-332

  Copes, Heith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0038489334     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713840224     Document Type: Article

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