`Drive it like you Stole it́. Auto Theft and the Illusion of Normalcy

In line with recent interest in the criminal decision-making process, researchers have begun exploring the risks and rewards that offenders attach to specific forms of crime and how these perceptions guide their behaviour. In this paper, we examine the strategies that auto thieves use to avoid polic...

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Main Author: Cherbonneau, Michael (Author)
Contributors: Copes, Heith
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: The British journal of criminology
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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