Moving into motherhood: Gang girls and controlled risk

Youth and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-373

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

^a Institute for Scientific Analysis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Motherhood; Youth gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544273689     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X04266530     Document Type: Review

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