Are teen delinquency abstainers social introverts?: A test of moffitt's theory

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-468

  Chen, Xiaojin ^a   Adams, Michele ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency abstention; friendship network; life course theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958017031     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810375575     Document Type: Article

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