Prevalence and characteristics of co-offending recruiters

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-359

  van Mastrigt, Sarah B ^a   Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co offending; Criminal careers; Property crimes; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951966864     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2010.482535     Document Type: Article

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