Stability of delinquent peer associations: A biosocial test of warr's sticky-friends hypothesis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 907-927

  Beaver, Kevin M ^a   Gibson, Chris L ^b   Turner, Michael G ^c   DeLisi, Matt ^d   Vaughn, Michael G ^e   Holand, Ashleigh ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biosocial criminology; delinquency; delinquent peers; environment; genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053939360     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709332660     Document Type: Article

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