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Profiles of crime recruitment: changing patterns over time. / Ackerley, Elizabeth; Francis, Brian; Soothill, Keith.
In: British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 44, No. 3, 08.04.2004, p. 401-418.

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Ackerley E, Francis B, Soothill K. Profiles of crime recruitment: changing patterns over time. British Journal of Criminology. 2004 Apr 8;44(3):401-418. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azh018

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Ackerley, Elizabeth ; Francis, Brian ; Soothill, Keith. / Profiles of crime recruitment: changing patterns over time. In: British Journal of Criminology. 2004 ; Vol. 44, No. 3. pp. 401-418.

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