Gender Differences in Monitoring and Deviant Peers as Predictors of Delinquent Behavior Among Low-Income Urban African American Youth

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-459

  O'Donnell, Philip ^a   Richards, Maryse ^b   Pearce, Steven ^b   Romero, Edna ^b  

^a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

gender differences; juvenile delinquency; monitoring; peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860516031     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610397661     Document Type: Article

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