Friends' influence on adolescent theft and minor delinquency: A developmental test of peer-reported effects

Social Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 681-705

  Regnerus, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Method invariance; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036957770     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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