Explaining the development of adolescent violent delinquency

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 499-520

  Boers, Klaus ^a   Reinecke, Jost ^b   Seddig, Daniel ^a   Mariotti, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

combined Markov and growth curve model; delinquent peers; hedonism; latent class growth analysis; life course criminology; panel analysis; self reported violent delinquency; social milieus; structural dynamic analysis; trajectories of delinquency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049255869     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370810376572     Document Type: Article

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