Legal responsiveness: A contribution to a structural theory of economic crime

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-274

  Hoffman, Joan ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Ecology; Economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242318840     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290310460152     Document Type: Review

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