Leadership and hierarchies in criminal groups: Scaling degrees of leader behaviour in group robbery

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-265

  Porter, Louise E ^a   Alison, Laurence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 33748601574     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X68692     Document Type: Article

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