Can Neds (or Chavs) Be Non-delinquent, Educated or Even Middle Class? Contrasting Empirical Findings with Cultural Stereotypes

Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1140-1160

  Young, Robert ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

delinquency; ned chavs; social class; stereotypes; youth subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871365073     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511435059     Document Type: Article

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