Violent Offenders, Moral Selves: Constructing Identities and Accounts in the Research Interview

Social Problems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-101

  Presser, Lois ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 1542290968     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2004.51.1.82     Document Type: Review

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