Keeping out of trouble: Female crack cocaine dealers in England

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-109

  Fleetwood, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'doing gender'; Crack cocaine; drug dealing; England; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890920485     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370813491177     Document Type: Article

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