Rethinking community organization and robbery: Considering illicit market dynamics

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-237

  Berg, Mark T ^a   Rengifo, Andres F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Robbery; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749113440     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802249096     Document Type: Article

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