The influence of delinquent peers on delinquency: Does gender matter?

Youth and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-275

  Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a   Cover, Angela R ^a   Macdonald, John M ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Delinquent peers; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544283580     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X04265652     Document Type: Review

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