Friends, status symbols and weapons: The use of dogs by youth groups and youth gangs

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-420

  Maher, Jennifer ^a   Pierpoint, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79958175966     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-011-9294-5     Document Type: Article

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