Labor markets, delinquency, and social control theory: An empirical assessment of the mediating process

Social Forces

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1041-1066

  Wadsworth, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034339406     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/78.3.1041     Document Type: Article

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