An exploration of the determinants of reporting crime to the police in the city of Tianjin, China

Criminology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 959-984

  Zhang, Lening ^a   Messner, Steven F ^b   Liu, Jianhong ^c  

^a SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; Crime reporting; Tianjin

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149026448     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2007.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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