Socioeconomic status, economic problems, and delinquency

Youth and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-181

  Agnew, Robert ^a   Matthews, Shelley Keith ^a   Bucher, Jacob ^a   Welcher, Adria N ^a   Keyes, Corey ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Economic problems; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249150391     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X08318119     Document Type: Article

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