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Psychological Inertia Revisited: Replicating and Extending the Differential Effect of Proactive and Reactive Criminal Thinking on Crime Continuity

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Pages 156-170 | Received 12 Sep 2016, Accepted 02 Aug 2017, Published online: 05 Jan 2018

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