The Impact of Maternal Employment on Serious Youth Crime: Does the Quality of Working Conditions Matter?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 272-291

  Vander Ven, Thomas ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Family; Maternal employment; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642265547     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128703253165     Document Type: Review

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