Anomie reconsidered: exaggerated aspirations, risk-taking and criminal achievement
Assessing offenders’ decision-making and stubborn persistence in crime has been an important challenge for criminologists. In this study, we focus on a key dimension of micro-anomie: exaggerated aspirations. An inmate survey in Quebec’s penitentiaries provided key information on inmates’ earnings du...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 7-34 |
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