Lindesmith on addiction: A critical history of a classic theory

Sociological Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-161

  Weinberg, Darin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0031497929     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0735-2751.00029     Document Type: Article

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