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Mercenary as Social Bandit: A Preliminary Look

NCJ Number
115017
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 32 Issue: 3 Dated: (December 1988) Pages: 201-207
Author(s)
G R Perlstein
Date Published
1988
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This preliminary study views the actions of the modern mercenary as a form of social banditry.
Abstract
It concludes by pointing out the need for further research into the mercenary and other types of social bandits to assist adequate theories of criminal and deviant behavior can be constructed. (Author abstract)