Internet Scallywags: A comparative analysis of multiple forms and measurements of digital piracy

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Gunter, Whitney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybercrime; Deterrence; Differential association; Digital piracy; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651092196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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