Accounting for Anglo-Hispanic differences in school misbehavior

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 27-46

  Lopez, Vera A ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^a   Tein, Jenn Yun ^a   Dinh, Khanh T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of the streets; Hispanic adolescents; School misbehavior; School misconduct; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247673647     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v02n01_03     Document Type: Article

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