How Do They 'End Up Together'? A Social Network Analysis of Self-Control, Homophily, and Adolescent Relationships

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-273

  Young, Jacob T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Add health; Exponential random graph model; Homophily; Peer delinquency; Self Control; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960980242     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-010-9105-7     Document Type: Article

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