Crime on the Line: Telemarketing and the Changing Nature of Professional Crime

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-505

  Shover, Neal ^c   Coffey, Glenn S ^a   Hobbs, Dick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 0038504364     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/43.3.489     Document Type: Review

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