Direct and Vicarious Violent Victimization and Juvenile Delinquency: An Application of General Strain Theory

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-222

  Lin, Wen Hsu ^a   Cochran, John K ^a   Mieczkowski, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OFFENDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79953272481     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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