Developmental influences and gang awareness among African-American inner city youth

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-265

  Cadwallader, Tom W ^a   Cairns, Robert B ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangs; Neighborhoods; Peers; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036014253     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00197     Document Type: Article

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