The general theory of crime and computer hacking: Low self-control hackers?

Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 38-67

  Bossler, Adam M ^a   Burruss, George W ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-805-6.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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