Suitable vehicles: Framing blame and justice when children kill a child

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-220

  Green, David A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Discourse; Legitimacy; Penal populism; Political culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349103064     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659008092328     Document Type: Article

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