Formal evaluation of the impact of barriers and connectors on residential burglars' macro-level offending location choices

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-158

  Clare, Joseph ^a   Fernandez, John ^a   Morgan, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 69949108777     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.42.2.139     Document Type: Article

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