RT Article
T1 In search of the high life. Drugs, crime, masculinities and consumption
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 36
IS 3
SP 428
OP 444
A1 Collison, Mike
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639653732
AB Contemporary social theory draws our attention again to the role of consumption in the construction of the self. The project of constructing self-identity through consumption increasingly relies on global rather than parochial images and traditions, and often proceeds via mimicry. In this paper the biographical narratives of a group of young male offenders are used to explore some of the problems and possibilities of growing up male on the margins of civil society. It is suggested that drug use, drug dealing, and normal' crime serve as important cultural and emotive resources for scripting a particular, and powerful, masculine identity on the street. Thus, some conventional themes in delinquency theory are recast in the terms of modern social theory and cultural studies
K1 Jugendliche
K1 Drogenkonsum
K1 Frühkriminalität
K1 Gefährdete Jugendliche
K1 Risikoverhalten
K1 Täterpersönlichkeit
K1 Identitätsprobleme
K1 Jungtäter
K1 Verhaltensstile
K1 Konsumorientierung
K1 Schulprobleme