Schooling and delinquency among White and African American adolescents

Urban Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-88

  Voelkl, Kristin E ^a   Welte, John W ^a   Wieczorek, William F ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

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EID: 22844455519     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085999341005     Document Type: Article

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