The professional ex-revisited: Cessation or continuation of a deviant career?

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 678-703

  Sharp, Susan F ^a   Hope, Trina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0035541121     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124101129024312     Document Type: Article

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