‘You Just Don’t Grass’: Youth, Crime and ‘Grassing’ in a Working Class Community

Youth Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-210

  Yates, Joe ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community; crime; grassing; trust; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249102451     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225406069494     Document Type: Article

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