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Chapter 41 - Sociological Perspectives on Gambling

from Part VIII - Social Problems and Deviant Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2017

Kathleen Odell Korgen
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William Paterson University, New Jersey
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Core Areas in Sociology and the Development of the Discipline
, pp. 416 - 423
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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