The Causes of Organized Crime: Do Criminals Organize Around Opportunities for Crime or Do Criminal Opportunities Create New Offenders?

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-423

  Albanese, Jay S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84996251395     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986200016004004     Document Type: Article

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