Neighborhood Disadvantage and Verbal Ability as Explanations of the Black-White Difference in Adolescent Violence: Toward an Integrated Model

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-160

  McNulty, Thomas L ^a   Bellair, Paul E ^b   Watts, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

multilevel; neighborhood disadvantage; race; verbal ability; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871518377     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128712461472     Document Type: Article

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