Trafficking in bodily perfection: Examining the late-modern steroid marketplace and its criminalization

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-185

  Kraska, Peter B ^a   Bussard, Charles R ^a   Brent, John J ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminalization; Drug trafficking; Late modern; Mixed methods; Steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949088272     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820902814013     Document Type: Article

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