Situational precipitators of crime

Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 48-69

  Wortley, Richard ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203118214     Document Type: Chapter

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