Keywords  Erving Goffman

Peterson, A. (2008). Who ‘Owns’ the Streets? Ritual Performances of Respect and Authority in Interactions Between Young Men and Police Officers. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 9(2), 97-118. doi:10.1080/14043850802450104

 Erving Goffman,  Impression management,  Police codes of conduct,  Police suppression,  Reciprocal relations,  Street cultures, Authority, respect, youth

Joining insights from the work of Richard Sennett and Erving Goffman, I probe the power relations which underlie the performances…

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