Unneccessary roughness? School sports, peer networks, and male adolescent violence

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 705-724

  Kreager, Derek A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; LEARNING; MALE BEHAVIOR; SPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 36348983263     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200503     Document Type: Article

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