Jekyll or Hyde?: examining the criminal careers of public violence offenders

Since the 1970s theoretical and empirical work on public violence has mainly focused on the context in which public violence takes place, assuming that public violence offenders are ordinary people acting in extraordinary circumstances. Recent studies however indicate that ‘hooligans’ share many cha...

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Main Author: Ham, Tom van (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 415-433
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Criminal careers
Hooliganism
Public violence
Violent crime

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