Social guardianship and social isolation: An application and extension of lifestyle/routine activities theory to rural adolescents

Rural Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 414-437

  Spano, Richard ^a   Nagy, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CRIME; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; VIOLENCE;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247666867     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/0036011054831189     Document Type: Article

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