Love, sex, and crime: Adolescent romantic relationships and offending

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 944-969

  McCarthy, Bill ^a   Casey, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; PANEL DATA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 65249129778     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300604     Document Type: Article

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