Female crack sellers in New York city: Who they are and what they do

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 25-55

  Dunlap, Eloise ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a   Maher, Lisa ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84937269268     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v08n04_02     Document Type: Article

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