Parental gender, single-parent families, and delinquency: Exploring the moderating influence of race/ethnicity

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 727-748

  Eitle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Parental gender; Race and ethnicity; Single parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747615061     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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