To snitch or not to snitch? Applying the concept of neutralization techniques to the enforcement of occupational misconduct

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Pershing, Jana L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041571554     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2003.46.2.149     Document Type: Review

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