Race, the economic maturity gap, and criminal offending in young adulthood

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-622

  Haynie, Dana L ^a   Weiss, Harald E ^b   Piquero, Alex ^c,d,e,f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice

^f American Society of Criminology

Author keywords

Economic disadvantage; Life course; Race; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949112509     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820801907983     Document Type: Article

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