The seductive nature of autotelic crime: How neutralization theory serves as a boundary condition for understanding hardcore street offending

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-501

  Topalli, Volkan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749422833     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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