Need, Connections, or Competence? Criminal Achievement among Adolescent Offenders

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-83

  Nguyen, Holly ^a   Bouchard, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

criminal achievement; criminal capital; criminal careers; juvenile delinquency; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871222575     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.589398     Document Type: Article

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