Auto Theft and Restrictive Deterrence

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-367

  Jacobs, Bruce A ^a   Cherbonneau, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

motor vehicle theft; offender decision making; qualitative methods; restrictive deterrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893093551     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.660977     Document Type: Article

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