The embeddedness of adolescent employment and participation in delinquency: A life course perspective

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-19

  Wright, John Paul ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^a   Williams, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Employment; Life course perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042764409     PISSN: 10964886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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