Cross coves, buzzers and general sorts of prigs: Juvenile crime and the criminal 'underworld' in the early nineteenth century

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-24

  Shore, Heather ^a  

^a Darwin College   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033483938     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/39.1.10     Document Type: Article

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