Linking local labor market opportunity to violent adolescent delinquency

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-33

  Bellair, Paul E ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^a   McNulty, Thomas L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual; Employment; Labor market; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CRIMINOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037305011     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427802239252     Document Type: Review

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