Gender, bullying victimization, and juvenile delinquency: A test of general strain theory

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-364

  Cullen, Francis T ^a   Unnever, James D ^b   Hartman, Jennifer L ^c   Turner, Michael G ^c   Agnew, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Delinquency; Gender; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956241336     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880802338468     Document Type: Article

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