Virtually Criminal: Crime, Deviance, and Regulation Online
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Social Inequality , Crime , and Deviance
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Security Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0955-1662,1743-4645
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350081