Self-reported delinquency and reputational orientations of high school and incarcerated adolescent loners and nonloners

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-227

  Houghton, Stephen ^a   Carroll, Annemaree ^b   Tan, Carol ^a   Hopkins, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Loner; Reputation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEFT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42649132840     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940701637865     Document Type: Article

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