Narratives of Crime and Criminals: How Places Socially Construct the Crime Problem

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 348-371

  Leverentz, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Crime; Place; Public attitudes; Race; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861705374     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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