Individuals, settings, and acts of crime: Situational mechanisms and the explanation of crime

The Explanation of Crime: Context, Mechanisms, and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 61-107

  Wikström, Per Olof H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489341.004     Document Type: Chapter

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