'The sweet taste of sin'-A Muslim drug dealer in a Nordic welfare state

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-118

  Sandberg, Sveinung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug dealing; Islam; Qualitative method; Wacquant; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649344924     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043858.2010.522819     Document Type: Article

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