Parents, friends, and serious delinquency: An examination of direct and indirect effects among at-risk early adolescents

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-400

  Ingram, Jason R ^a   Patchin, Justin W ^b   Huebner, Beth M ^c   McCluskey, John D ^d   Bynum, Timothy S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Juvenile delinquency; Parents; Peers; Poststructuralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349025835     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016807311436     Document Type: Article

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