Social area influences on delinquency: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 197-226

  Gottfredson, Denise C ^a   McNeil, Richard J ^a   Gottfredson, Gary D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025775039     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427891028002005     Document Type: Article

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