Situational construction of masculinity among male street thieves

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-304

  Copes, Heith ^a   Hochstetler, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Criminal decision making; Masculinities; Situational

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038795110     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241603032003002     Document Type: Review

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