Code of the Suburb - Inside the World of Young Middle-Class Drug Dealers

When we think about young people dealing drugs, we tend to picture it happening on urban streets, in disadvantaged, crime - ridden neighborhoods. The authors offer an ethnography of the culture of suburban drug dealers. It will be of interest to scholars and policy makers alike.

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When we think about young people dealing drugs, we tend to picture it happening on urban streets, in disadvantaged, crime - ridden neighborhoods. The authors offer an ethnography of the culture of suburban drug dealers. It will be of interest to scholars and policy makers alike.

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• Authors: Scott Jacques, Scott Wright Jacques, Jacques Scott, Richard Wright
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2015
• EAN: 9780226164083
• ISBN: 978-0-226-16408-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries; Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, United States of America, USA, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Age groups: adolescents