Confronting Social Constructions of Rural Criminality: A Case Story on 'Illegal Pluriactivity' in the Farming Community

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-134

  Smith, Robert ^a   Mcelwee, Gerard ^b  

^a Aberdeen Business School   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CRIME; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84872135857     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2012.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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