The road to gang membership: Characteristics of male gang and nongang members from ages 10 to 14

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-68

  Craig, Wendy M ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Gagnon, Laude ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Delinquency; Development; Gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036003796     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00186     Document Type: Article

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