A Structural Modelling Approach to Predict Adolescent Offending Behaviour from Family, School and Community Factors

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-220

  Estévez, Estefanía ^a   Emler, Nicholas P ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Antisocial behaviour; Drug use; Family; Offending behaviour; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449257618     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-010-9128-5     Document Type: Article

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