Understanding victimization and agency: Considerations of race, class and gender

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-143

  Connell, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84895307724     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.1997.20.2.115     Document Type: Article

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