The Impact of School Environment and Grade Level on Student Delinquency: A Multilevel Modeling Approach

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-657

  Lo, Celia C ^a   Kim, Young S ^b   Allen, Thomas M ^a   Allen, Andrea N ^c   Minugh, P Allison ^d   Lomuto, Nicoletta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Datacorp   (United States)

Author keywords

grade level; prosocial school climate; protective factors; school delinquency; school grade configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958217057     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709352232     Document Type: Article

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