The unintended consequences of being stopped or arrested: An exploration of the labeling mechanisms through which police contact leads to subsequent delinquency

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 927-966

  Wiley, Stephanie Ann ^a   Slocum, Lee Ann ^a   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviance amplification; Effects of police contact; Labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888107741     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12024     Document Type: Article

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