Social learning and cyber-deviance: Examining the importance of a full social learning model in the virtual world

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 31-61

  Holt, Thomas J ^a   Burruss, George W ^b   Bossler, Adam M ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886364329     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2010.9721287     Document Type: Article

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