Friends ’and Adolescents ’Delinquency:The Moderating Role of Social Status and Reciprocity of Friendships

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-305

  Nijhof, Karin S ^a   Scholte, Ron H j ^a   Overbeek, Geertjan ^a   Engels, Rutger C m e ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescence; delinquency; friends; reciprocity of friendship; social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956176982     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809355776     Document Type: Article

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