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  1. Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843

    Howard B. Kaplan

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Kaplan, H.B. (2006). Social Psychological Perspectives on Deviance. In: Delamater, J. (eds) Handbook of Social Psychology. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36921-X_18

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