Gender differences in the predictors of juvenile delinquency: Assessing the generality-specificity debate

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-286

  Daigle, Leah E ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b   Wright, John Paul ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Feminist; Gender; Generality specificity; Life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250653662     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007301289     Document Type: Article

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