"Does it take a village?" assessing neighborhood influences on children's self-control

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-62

  Gibson, Chris L ^a   Sullivan, Christopher J ^b   Jones, Shayne ^c   Piquero, Alex R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Community context; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549090827     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427809348903     Document Type: Article

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