Specifying the Sources of Misperceptions of Peer Deviance: A Tale of Two Levels

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-113

  Boman, John H ^a   Young, Jacob T N ^b   Baldwin, Julie Marie ^c   Meldrum, Ryan C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

differential association; friendship dyads; measurement; misperception; peer deviance; perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889666330     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813496998     Document Type: Article

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