Parent-child conflicts, school troubles, and differences in delinquency across immigration generations

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-441

  Bui, Hoan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigrant children; Immigration generations; Juvenile delinquency; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349330890     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707306122     Document Type: Article

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