The Causal Impact of Exposure to Deviant Peers: An Experimental Investigation

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 476-503

  Paternoster, Ray ^a   McGloin, Jean M ^a   Nguyen, Holly ^a   Thomas, Kyle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; causes correlates; crime; criminological theory; differential association

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884565200     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427812444274     Document Type: Article

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