Revisiting selection and influence: An inquiry into the friendship networks of high school students and their association with delinquency

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 559-587

  Baerveldt, Chris ^a   Völker, Beate ^a   Van Rossem, Ronan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Friendship networks; Influence; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849162442     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.50.5.559     Document Type: Article

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