Negotiating unwelcome police encounters: The intergenerational transmission of conduct norms

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-456

  Brunson, Rod K ^a   Weitzer, Ronald ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; police citizen relations; socialization; subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959687797     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241611409038     Document Type: Article

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