Gender, peers, and delinquency: A study of boys and girls in rural France

Youth and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-414

  Hartjen, Clayton A ^a,b,c   Priyadarsini, S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology and Anthropology ^*

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; France; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544275598     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X03034004001     Document Type: Article

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