Shoplifting: Work, agency, and gender

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-177

  Caputo, Gail A ^a   King, Anna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; shoplifting; women and crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959555890     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085111402815     Document Type: Article

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