Reconsidering peer influences on delinquency: Do less proximate contacts matter?

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-149

  Payne, Danielle C ^a   Cornwell, Benjamin ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent delinquency; Diffusion; Peer networks; Social proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248335395     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-006-9022-y     Document Type: Article

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