Snitching and the code of the street

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-309

  Rosenfeld, Richard ^b   Jacobs, Bruce A ^a   Wright, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b University of Missouri St Louis ^*

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EID: 0037263181     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/43.2.291     Document Type: Article

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