The Code of the Street: A Quantitative Assessment of Elijah Anderson's Subculture of Violence Thesis and Its Contribution to Youth Violence Research

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-328

  Brezina, Timothy ^a   Agnew, Robert ^b   Cullen, Francis T ^c   Wright, John Paul ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnographic research; strain theory; victimization; youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544508320     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204004267780     Document Type: Article

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