Did Somebody Say Community? Young People's Critiques of Conventional Community Narratives in the Context of a Local Drug Scene

Human Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-110

  Fast, Danya ^a   Shoveller, Jean ^b   Small, Will ^c   Kerr, Thomas ^d  

^a At Risk Youth Study   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

community; drug scene; drug use; street youth; violence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DRUG USER; INNER CITY AREA; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84878048127     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.72.2.86005462778382u2     Document Type: Article

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