Causes of school bullying: Empirical test of a general theory of crime, differential association theory, and general strain theory

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 849-877

  Moon, Byongook ^a   Hwang, Hye Won ^b   McCluskey, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bullying; differential association theory; general strain theory; general theory of crime; Korean youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053970985     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708315740     Document Type: Article

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