The Novelty of ‘Cybercrime’: An Assessment in Light of Routine Activity Theory

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-427

  Yar, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Ecology; Internet; Virtual Crimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247657469     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147737080556056     Document Type: Article

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