When crime pays: Capital, competence, and criminal success

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1035-1060

  McCarthy, Bill ^a   Hagan, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035529695     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2001.0027     Document Type: Review

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