Assessing the perceived seriousness of white-collar and street crimes

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-312

  Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a   Carmichael, Stephanie ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptions; Seriousness; Street crime; White collar crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849131213     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707303623     Document Type: Article

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