A partial test of an integrative control model: Neighborhood context, social control, self-control, and youth violent behavior

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Vowell, Paul R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood context; Self control; Social control; Social disorganization; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948969405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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