The construction of moral agency in the narratives of high-school drop-outs

Discourse & Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 495-516

  Rymes, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; at risk youth; gangs; moral agency; narrative; peer groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973844770     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926595006004003     Document Type: Article

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