Bentham's sanction typology and restrictive deterrence: A study of young, suburban, middle-class drug dealers

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 212-230

  Jacques, Scott ^a   Allen, Andrea ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dealing; Qualitative method; Restrictive deterrence; Sanction; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896750849     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022042613497936     Document Type: Article

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