General strain theory, peer rejection, and delinquency/crime

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1272-1297

  Higgins, George E ^a   Piquero, Nicole L ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; delinquency; general strain theory; peer rejection; trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255161277     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10382032     Document Type: Article

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