The narratives of offenders

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-200

  Presser, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

criminology; narratives; positivism; qualitative methods; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249171597     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609102878     Document Type: Article

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