Juveniles performing auto theft: An exploratory study into a deviant leisure lifestyle

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-132

  Drozda, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auto theft; Boredom; Delinquency; Deviant leisure; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845476361     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2006.9651344     Document Type: Article

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