Behavioral Contagion and Official Delinquency: Epidemic Course in Adolescence

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 134-142

  Jones, Marshall B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0032017237     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988968     Document Type: Article

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