Digital piracy: A latent class analysis

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-40

  Higgins, George E ^a   Wolfe, Scott E ^a   Ricketts, Melissa L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer crime; Digital piracy; Latent class analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149154374     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439308321350     Document Type: Article

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