Tell Me about the test: The construction of truth and lies in drug court

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-251

  Mackinem, Mitchell B ^a   Higgins, Paul ^b  

^a CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug court; Moral identity; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247846041     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241606287417     Document Type: Review

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