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1. Youth Gangs in an English City

   By Judith Aldridge, Juanjo Medina, Robert Ralphs

   Series: Routledge Advances in Ethnography

   This book describes the results of over two years in the field conducting ethnographic research on youth gangs in an English city. It traces the emergence and evolution of street gangs in various areas of the city, with a particular focus on the features of these groups (including...

   To Be Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Illegal Leisure Revisited

   Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

   By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham, Lisa Williams

   Series: Adolescence and Society Series

   This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’ drug...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
3. Illegal Leisure

   By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham, Howard Parker

   Series: Adolescence and Society Series

   Illegal Leisure offers a unique insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture. The authors present the results of a five year longitudinal study into young people and drug taking. They argue that drugs are no longer used as a form of rebellious behaviour, but have been subsumed...

   Published September 2nd 1998 by Routledge