Getting the Upper Hand: Scripts for Managing Victim Resistance in Carjackings

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-268

  Copes, Heith ^a   Hochstetler, Andy ^b   Cherbonneau, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

carjacking; qualitative research; robbery; victim resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860676979     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810397949     Document Type: Article

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