Street youth, gender, financial strain, and crime: Exploring Broidy and Agnew's extension to general strain theory

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-302

  Baron, Stephen W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33947376084     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620701233217     Document Type: Article

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