Criminal careers and cognitive scripts: An investigation into criminal versatility

Qualitative Report

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-410

  Gavin, Helen ^a   Hockey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive scripts; Criminal careers; Criminal versatility; Vignette analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349090453     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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