Subculture

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Blackman, S. 2014. Subculture. in: Heith, J., Copes, C. and Forsyth, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Deviance Thousand Oaks, CA. SAGE. pp. 707-711

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Authors	Blackman, S.
Editors	Heith, J., Copes, C. and Forsyth, J.
Page range	707-711
Year	2014
Book title	Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
Publisher	SAGE
Output status	Published
Place of publication	Thousand Oaks, CA.
ISBN	9781452240336
Print	2014
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Deposited	09 Jun 2016
Related URL	https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/encyclopedia-of-social-deviance/book238740

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