The "conventionalization" of safety crimes in the post-communist new member states of the European Union

Critical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-364

  Woolfson, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

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EID: 33750813302     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10612-006-9004-2     Document Type: Article

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