Neutralizing potential and self-reported digital piracy: A multitheoretical exploration among college undergraduates

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-195

  Morris, Robert G ^a   Higgins, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybercrime; Digital piracy; Microanomie; Neutralization; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649098362     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016808325034     Document Type: Article

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