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Inmate Organization and Anomie in American Prisons and Soviet Labor Camps

Donald R. Cressey Witold Krassowski

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Donald R. Cressey, Witold Krassowski; Inmate Organization and Anomie in American Prisons and Soviet Labor Camps, Social Problems, Volume 5, Issue 3, 1 Octo

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