The Contributions of an Interactionist Approach to Research and Theory on Criminal Careers

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-124

  Ulmer, Jeffery T ^a   Spencer, J William ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; criminal careers; criminology; deviance; interactionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002336527     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480699003001005     Document Type: Article

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