Unpacking the relationship between adolescent employment and antisocial behavior: A matched samples comparison

Criminology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-97

  Apel, Robert ^a   Bushway, Shawn ^a   Brame, Robert ^b   Haviland, Amelia M ^c   Nagin, Daniel S ^d   Paternoster, Ray ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent employment; Delinquent offending; Developmental trajectories; Group specific treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947111746     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2007.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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