Poaching gangs and violence: The urban-rural divide in nineteenth-century Lancashire

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Archer, John E ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033483330     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/39.1.25     Document Type: Article

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