Apprehending the Criminal: The Production of Deviance in Nineteenth Century...

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Book Title: Apprehending the Criminal : the Production of Deviance in Nineteenth Century Discourse

Item Length: 9.8in

Item Height: 0.6in

Item Width: 5.9in

Author: Marie-Christine Leps

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics / Semantics, Mystery & Detective, Semiotics & Theory, Criminology

Publisher: Duke University Press

Publication Year: 1992

Genre: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science

Item Weight: 19.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 288 Pages