Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera

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Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera. / Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz; Bernasco, Wim.

In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 55, No. 1, 01.02.2018, p. 155-186.

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Lindegaard, MR & Bernasco, W 2018, 'Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera', Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 155-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427817727830

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Lindegaard, M. R., & Bernasco, W. (2018). Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 55(1), 155-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427817727830

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Lindegaard MR, Bernasco W. Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 2018 Feb 1;55(1):155-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427817727830

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Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz ; Bernasco, Wim. / Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera. In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 2018 ; Vol. 55, No. 1. pp. 155-186.

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