Subjective Strains, Conditioning Factors, and Juvenile Delinquency: General Strain Theory in Taiwan

Asian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-87

  Lin, Wen Hsu ^a   Mieczkowski, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning factors; General strain theory; Juvenile delinquency; Subjective strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952443299     PISSN: 18710131     EISSN: 1871014X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11417-009-9082-7     Document Type: Article

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