Uncharted terrain: Contexts of experience among women in the illicit drug economy

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 85-109

  Morgan, Patricia ^a   Joe, Karen Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 84937261807     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v08n03_04     Document Type: Article

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