'Drive it like you Stole it': Auto Theft and the Illusion of Normalcy

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-211

  Cherbonneau, Michael ^a   Copes, Heith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 33645081478     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azi059     Document Type: Article

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