Incidents of discrimination and risk for delinquency: A longitudinal test of strain theory with an African American sample

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 827-854

  Simons, Ronald L ^a   Chen, Yi Fu ^a   Stewart, Eric A ^b,c   Brody, Gene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Consortium on Violence Research   (United States)

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EID: 28444449508     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820300095711     Document Type: Review

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