Youth auto theft: A survey of a general population of Canadian youth

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-209

  Dhami, Mandeep K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto theft; Crime prevention; Youth crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049125042     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.50.2.187     Document Type: Article

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