Parent and Peer Pathways to Adolescent Delinquency: Variations by Ethnicity and Neighborhood Context

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1078-1094

  Deutsch, Arielle R ^a   Crockett, Lisa J ^a   Wolff, Jennifer M ^a   Russell, Stephen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Deviant peers; Ethnicity; Neighborhood context; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84864146596     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9754-y     Document Type: Article

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