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Chapter 40 - Sociological Perspectives on Illicit Involvement with Drugs

from Part VIII - Social Problems and Deviant Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2017

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Henry H. Brownstein
Edited by
Kathleen Odell Korgen
Kathleen Odell Korgen
Affiliation:
William Paterson University, New Jersey
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Core Areas in Sociology and the Development of the Discipline
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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