Delinquency balance: Revisiting peer influence

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 439-477

  McGloin, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Deviant peers; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949089032     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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