Friends, status symbols and weapons: the use of dogs by youth groups and youth gangs.
Recent UK media reports and government responses evidence a rising concern over irresponsible dog ownership, particularly the use of so-called status or weapon dogs. Youth criminal and antisocial behaviour using these dogs has been widely reported in urban areas and associated with street-based yout...
| Publicado en: | Crime, Law & Social Change Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 405 - 421 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2011
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