Fear and loathing in the news: A qualitative analysis of Canadian print news coverage of youthful offending in the twentieth century

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-456

  Faucher, Chantal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Crime and media; Fear of crime; Newspapers; Othering; Racialization; Youth crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449625349     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260902897426     Document Type: Article

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