Outside the outsiders: Media representations of drug use

Probation Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-387

  Taylor, Stuart ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crime; drugs; news media; risk; social exclusion; underclass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998183690     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550508096493     Document Type: Article

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