More sinned against than sinning. A study of young teenagers' experience of crime

Crime surveys have recently become commonplace in Britain. However, they tend to be based on interviewer administered questionnaires conducted with adults in their domiciles. Further, they neglect, for various reasons, to question respondents about their offending behaviour. The crime survey reporte...

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Contributors: Ditton, Jason (Other) ; Nair, Gwyneth (Other) ; Phillips, Samuel (Other) ; Hartless, Julie M. (Other)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1995
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 1995, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 114-133
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