Delinquency, social skills and the structure of peer relations: Assessing criminological theories by social network theory

Social Forces

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 609-631

  Smångs, Mattias ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953139808     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0069     Document Type: Article

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