Drug Sales, Gender, and Risk: Notions of Risk from the Perspective of Gang-Involved Young Adults

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 721-732

  Moloney, Molly ^a   Hunt, Geoffrey ^a,b   Joe Laidler, Karen ^c  

^a Scientific Analysis Corporation   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drug sales; Gangs; Gender; Risk; Risk reduction strategies; Youth

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931830499     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.978642     Document Type: Review

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