The utility of the deviant case in the development of criminological theory

Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 905-920

  Sullivan, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviant case analysis; Outliers; Theoretical development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961149667     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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