Youth gangs in the print media

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-38

  Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a   Tusinski, Karin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangs; Juvenile delinquency; Print media

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147160763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10708286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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