Influence or convenience? disentangling peer influence and co-offending for chronic offenders

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-447

  McGloin, Jean Marie ^a   Stickle, Wendy Povitsky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; causes correlates; crime; criminological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959769671     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810393019     Document Type: Article

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