The robbery of motorcycle taxi drivers (dake zai) in China

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-512

  Xu, Jianhua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 68349127555     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp024     Document Type: Article

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