Introduction: Anthropological criminology 2.0

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Introduction : Anthropological criminology 2.0. / Sausdal, David; Vigh, Henrik Erdman.

In: Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, Vol. 85, 2019, p. 1-14.

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Sausdal, D & Vigh, HE 2019, 'Introduction: Anthropological criminology 2.0', Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, vol. 85, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2019.850101

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Sausdal, D., & Vigh, H. E. (2019). Introduction: Anthropological criminology 2.0. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, 85, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2019.850101

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Sausdal D, Vigh HE. Introduction: Anthropological criminology 2.0. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 2019;85:1-14. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2019.850101

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Sausdal, David ; Vigh, Henrik Erdman. / Introduction : Anthropological criminology 2.0. In: Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 2019 ; Vol. 85. pp. 1-14.

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