Race, crime, and General Strain Theory

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-186

  Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a   Sealock, Miriam D ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; ethnicity; general strain theory; juveniles; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955563467     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204009361174     Document Type: Article

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