Jean valjean's dilemma: The management of ex-convict identity in the search for employment

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-595

  Harding, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142104157     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713840275     Document Type: Article

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