Gangster, victim or both? the interdiscursive construction of sameness and difference in self-presentations

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-542

  Sandberg, Sveinung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Code of the street; Discourse; Drift; Drug dealers; Neutralization; Subculture

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; VICTIM;

CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 69249122015     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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