Situational crime prevention and its discontents: Rational choice theory versus the 'culture of now'

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-250

  Hayward, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Criminal justice; Cultural criminology; Rational choice theory; Situational crime prevention

Indexed keywords

CRIME; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 34249029893     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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