Sanction threats and appeals to morality: Testing a rational choice model of corporate crime

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-583

  Paternoster, Raymond ^a   Simpson, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030521693     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3054128     Document Type: Article

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