When it's good to be "bad": Violence and adolescent peer acceptance

Criminology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 893-923

  Kreager, Derek A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Education; Peers; Popularity; Subcultures; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149081440     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2007.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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