Constructing "crime": Media coverage of individual and organizational wrongdoing

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-263

  Lofquist, William S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0039316716     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418829700093321     Document Type: Article

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