Gendered opportunity?: School-based adolescent victimization

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-269

  Wilcox, Pamela ^a   Tillyer, Marie Skubak ^b   Fisher, Bonnie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Opportunity; School crime; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649101255     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427808330875     Document Type: Article

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