The effects of legal and extra-legal characteristics on organizational victim decision-making

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 50, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 307-330

  Holtfreter, Kristy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 54149101783     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-008-9139-z     Document Type: Article

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