Serendipity in robbery target selection

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 514-529

  Jacobs, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carjacking; Robbery; Serendipity; Target selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951089625     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq002     Document Type: Article

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