Identity theft vulnerability: Neoliberal governance through crime construction

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-176

  Monahan, Torin ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

governance; identity theft; neoliberalism; security; social control; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249145681     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609102877     Document Type: Article

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