Is unstructured socializing a dynamic process? An exploratory analysis using a semiparametric group-based modeling approach

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 514-532

  Higgins, George E ^a   Jennings, Wesley G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; delinquency; opportunity; trajectories; unstructured socializing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650104581     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016810377351     Document Type: Article

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