Moralistic street robbery

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-531

  Jacobs, Bruce A ^a   Wright, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Retaliation; Robbery; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049121946     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707307220     Document Type: Article

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