Explaining victim self-protective behavior effects on crime incident outcomes: A test of opportunity theory

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-226

  Guerette, Rob T ^a   Santana, Shannon A ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Opportunity theory; Self protection; Situational crime prevention; Victim behavior; Victim resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649277307     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707311644     Document Type: Article

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