Neo-Nazis and moral panic: The emergence of neo-Nazi youth gangs in Israel

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-82

  Sela Shayovitz, Revital ^a,b  

^a The David Yellin College of Education   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

immigrants; moral panic; neo Nazi; skinheads; social control; youth gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955822068     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659010393937     Document Type: Article

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