Accounting for Violations of the Convict Code

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 841-858

  Copes, Heith ^a   Brookman, Fiona ^b   Brown, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84879651965     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2013.781444     Document Type: Article

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