Attitudes, delinquency and peers: The role of social norms in attitude-behaviour inconsistency

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-316

  Megens, Kim C I M ^a   Weerman, Frank M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude Behaviour Relationship; Consistency; Delinquency; Social Norm Peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954492000     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370810365023     Document Type: Article

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