The Opening and Closing of Breaches: A Theory on Crime Waves, Law Creation and Crime Prevention

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-31

  Killias, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breaches; Crime Trends; Criminalization; History of Crime; History of Criminal Law; Law making; Long term Analysis; Routine Activities; Situational Crime Prevention; Sociology of Law

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247651220     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370806059079     Document Type: Article

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