“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose”: Deregulation, Crime, and Crisis in the Savings and Loan Industry

Crime & Delinquency

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 309-341

  Calavita, Kitty ^a   Pontell, Henry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84973743437     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128790036003002     Document Type: Article

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