Self-control and ethical beliefs on the social learning of intellectual property theft

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 52-72

  Hinduja, Sameer ^a   Ingram, Jason R ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copyright; Crime; Ethics; Intellectual property theft; Morality; Piracy; Self control; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249093066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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