Understanding the delinquency and social relationships of loners

Youth and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 366-392

  Demuth, Stephen ^a,b  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Friendship

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278452     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X03255027     Document Type: Review

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