Strain, Coping, and Socioeconomic Status: Coping Histories and Present Choices

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-250

  Botchkovar, Ekaterina V ^a   Tittle, Charles R ^b   Antonaccio, Olena ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; General strain theory; Socioeconomic Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877637067     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-012-9177-7     Document Type: Article

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