Why were millions of people not obeying the law? Motivational influences on non-compliance with the law in the case of music piracy

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-276

  Wingrove, Twila ^a   Korpas, Angela L ^a   Weisz, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Digital music piracy; Legal attitudes; Legal compliance; Legitimacy of authority

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951791453     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903179526     Document Type: Article

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