Labeling Theory

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 187-207

  Bernburg, Jón Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Criminal Offender; Deviant Behavior; Formal Label; Label Effect; Label Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125917229     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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