Profiling Illegal Waste Activity: Using Crime Scripts as a Data Collection and Analytical Strategy

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-201

  Tompson, Lisa ^a   Chainey, Spencer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime analysis; Crime prevention; Green criminology; Script analysis; Waste electrical and electronic equipment(WEEE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027937571     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-011-9146-y     Document Type: Article

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