Drug Sellers’ Neutralizations of Guiltless Drug Sales and Avoidance of “Drug Dealer” Identities

Background: Despite a wealth of empirical exploration on neutralization theory, several aspects of the theory remain underexplored. For instance, one task of neutralization research is to investigate whether and how neutralizations vary with offender characteristics. A second underexplored area is w...

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Autor principal: Dickinson, Timothy (Autor)
Otros Autores: Jacques, Scott
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En:Año: 2019
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