Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Bernasco, W. (October 2008). Them Again?: Same-Offender Involvement in Repeat and Near-Repeat Burglaries. European Journal of Criminology 5(4), 411-431.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the phenomenon of repeat burglary victimization.
2. What is a near-repeat burglary? Explain.
3. What do the results of this study suggest about same-offender involvement in repeat and near-repeat burglaries?

Article 2: Bond, B.J., & Hajjar, L.M. (September 2013). Measuring Congruence between Property Crime Problems and Response Strategies: Enhancing the Problem-Solving Process. Police Quarterly 16(3), 323-338.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What is SPI? How does the organizational model help us analyze it?
2. Is there congruence between Lowell’s property crime problems and problem-solving strategies?
3. In this study, what did officers do in the hot spot areas to effectively reduce property crime?