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The Digital Classroom: New Social Media and Teaching Victorian Crime

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The Digital Classroom: New Social Media and Teaching Victorian Crime. / Alker, Zoe.
In: Law, Crime and History, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2015, p. 77-92.

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Alker, Zoe. / The Digital Classroom: New Social Media and Teaching Victorian Crime. In: Law, Crime and History. 2015 ; Vol. 5, No. 1. pp. 77-92.

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