Youth gangs and youth violence: Charting the key dimensions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-70

  White, Rob ^a   Mason, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 33646249623     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.39.1.54     Document Type: Article

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