'Do we look like Boy Racers?' The role of the Folk Devil in contemporary moral panics

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lumsden, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boy racers; Car cultures; Ethnography; Media; Moral panics; Subcultures; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650759406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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