Gender and serious violence: Untangling the role of friendship sex composition and peer violence

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-253

  Haynie, Dana L ^a   Steffensmeier, Darrell ^b   Bell, Kerryn E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer networks; Qender; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250663568     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007300358     Document Type: Article

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