Gender Differences in Delinquency in Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence: An Exploration of Parent and Friend Relationships

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-307

  Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 84858247048     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2011.573421     Document Type: Article

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