The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself: Investigating the Relationship Between Fear of Falling and White-Collar Crime

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 362-379

  Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

fear of falling; offender decision making; white collar crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860534145     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128711405005     Document Type: Article

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