Rethinking the generation gap: Attitudes to illicit drugs among young people and adults

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-86

  Pearson, Geoffrey ^a   Shiner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drugs; generation gap; law; public attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993729258     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/17488958020020010401     Document Type: Article

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