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Criminal Justice Matters Volume 83, 2011 - Issue 1: Myths and criminal justice
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THEMED SECTION: MYTHS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

‘Saints and scroungers’: constructing the poverty and crime myth

Lynn Hancock and Gerry Mooney question the supposed links between poverty, immorality and crime

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Pages 26-27 | Published online: 07 Mar 2011

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