Exploring white-collar crime and the American dream: A partial test of institutional anomie theory

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-235

  Schoepfer, Andrea ^a   Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33646772563     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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