A crying shame: The over-rationalized conception of man in the rational choice perspective

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-54

  de Haan, Willem ^a   Vos, Jaco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

criminology; moral emotions; rational choice; street robbery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041877675     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480603007001199     Document Type: Article

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