"I'm calling my mom": The meaning of family and kinship among homegirls

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Hunt, Geoffrey ^a   Mackenzie, Kathleen ^a   Joe Laidler, Karen ^b  

^a Institute for Scientific Analysis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0038699308     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820000094461     Document Type: Review

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