Morality, Self-Control, Deterrence, and Drug Use: Street Youths and Situational Action Theory

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 284-305

  Gallupe, Owen ^a   Baron, Stephen W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

deterrence; drug use; morality; self control; situational action theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894257792     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709359661     Document Type: Article

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