The role and sentencing of women in drug trafficking crime

Purpose. There has been a great deal of debate concerning the role and sentencing of drug traffickers. Attention has been paid to the gendered organization of the drug trafficking trade whereby women tend to occupy the high-risk, low-status role of courier. The main aim of our study was to explore t...

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1. VerfasserIn: Harper, Rosalyn L. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Harper, Gemma C. ; Stockdale, Janet E.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2002
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Jahr: 2002, Band: 7, Heft: 1, Seiten: 101-114
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