Girls, gangs and violence: Assessing the evidence

Probation Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-414

  Batchelor, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; gangs; girls; victimization; violence; young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996176575     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550509346501     Document Type: Article

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