Personality and Opportunity: An Integrated Approach to Offending and Victimization

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 880-901

  Wilcox, Pamela ^a   Sullivan, Christopher J ^a   Jones, Shayne ^b   van Gelder, Jean Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agreeableness; conscientiousness; criminal opportunity; offending; personality; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902128574     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813520603     Document Type: Article

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