The haunting spectacle of crystal meth: A media-created mythology?

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-332

  Ayres, Tammy C ^a   Jewkes, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crystal meth; drug policy; myth; spectacle; visual images

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870265787     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659012443234     Document Type: Article

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