Techniques of affirmation: Deviant behavior, moral commitment, and subcultural identity

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-272

  Copes, Heith ^a   Williams, J Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947356707     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620701233167     Document Type: Article

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