Adolescent lifestyle risk by gender and ethnic background: Findings from two urban samples

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-23

  Pauwels, Lieven ^a   Svensson, Robert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent Lifestyles; Gender; Immigrant Background; Informal Control; Propensity to Offend; Situational Action Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649109806     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370808098102     Document Type: Article

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