'That's life innit': A British perspective on guns, crime and social order

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-377

  Hallsworth, Simon ^a   Silverstone, Daniel ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gangs; Guns; On road; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849091333     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895809336386     Document Type: Article

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