TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - In Search of the High Life: Drugs, Crime, Masculinities and Consumption
JO  - British journal of criminology
A1  - Collison, Mike
SP  - 428
EP  - 444
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - 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. (Abstract Adapted from Source: British Journal of Criminology, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press)  Juvenile Male Juvenile Offender Juvenile Crime Male Offender Male Crime Crime Causes Juvenile Substance Use Male Substance Use Substance Use Causes Drug Use Causes Masculinity Gender Role Ideology Drug Trafficking Sociocultural Factors Juvenile Delinquency Delinquency Causes Self-Concept 05-00<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-0955
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -