Rates of Self-reported Delinquency among Western Australian Male and Female High School Students: The male-female gender gap

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Houghton, Stephen ^a   Tan, Carol ^b   Khan, Umneea ^a   Carroll, Annemaree ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; gender differences; high school; juvenile delinquency; males and females; offending behaviour; self report; teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878646795     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2013.786540     Document Type: Article

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