Coming and going: Explaining the effects of residential and school mobility on adolescent delinquency

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-476

  Gasper, Joseph ^a,b   DeLuca, Stefanie ^a   Estacion, Angela ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Mobility; Random effects; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950367896     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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