Building criminal capital behind bars: Peer effects in juvenile corrections

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-147

  Bayer, Patrick ^a   Hjalmarsson, Randi ^a   Pozen, David ^a  

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EID: 62949231853     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.1.105     Document Type: Article

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