Testing control theory and differential association: A reanalysis of the Richmond Youth Project data

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 815-842

  Costello, Barbara J ^b   Vowell, Paul R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0041033341     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00506.x     Document Type: Article

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