Primary socialization theory: An exploratory study of delinquent trajectories

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-146

  Higgins, George E ^a   Ricketts, Melissa L ^b   Marcum, Catherine D ^b   Mahoney, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Delinquency; Peers; Primary socialization theory; Socialization; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954070722     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478601X.2010.485472     Document Type: Article

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