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Catching them at it?: an ethnography of rule violation

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Catching them at it? an ethnography of rule violation. / Iszatt-White, Marian.
In: Ethnography, Vol. 8, No. 4, 12.2007, p. 445-465.

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Iszatt-White, M 2007, 'Catching them at it? an ethnography of rule violation', Ethnography, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 445-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138107083562

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Iszatt-White, M. (2007). Catching them at it? an ethnography of rule violation. Ethnography, 8(4), 445-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138107083562

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Iszatt-White M. Catching them at it? an ethnography of rule violation. Ethnography. 2007 Dec;8(4):445-465. doi: 10.1177/1466138107083562

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Iszatt-White, Marian. / Catching them at it? an ethnography of rule violation. In: Ethnography. 2007 ; Vol. 8, No. 4. pp. 445-465.

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