Delinquent gangs and adolescent victimization revisited: A propensity score matching approach

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 808-823

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Barnes, J C ^b   Beaver, Kevin M ^b   Gibson, Chris L ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Delinquency; Gangs; Propensity score matching; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349202230     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809337703     Document Type: Article

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