Establishing connections: Gender, motor vehicle theft, and disposal Networks

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-302

  Mullins, Christopher W ^a   Cherbonneau, Michael G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Motor vehicle theft; Property crime; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951984142     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2010.499877     Document Type: Article

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