Gender and gangs: A quantitative comparison

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-387

  Bell, Kerryn E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Gang; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349325935     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707306017     Document Type: Article

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