Street youth crime: A test of control balance theory

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-355

  Baron, Stephen W ^a   Forde, David R ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Control balance theory; Property crime; Street youth; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248576152     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701294870     Document Type: Article

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