dealers, thieves, and the common determinants of drug and nondrug illegal earnings

Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1057-1087

  Thompson, Melissa ^a   Uggen, Christopher ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differences in predictors; Drug sales; Drugs and money; Illegal earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868089435     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2012.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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