Buffering Effects of Religiosity on Crime: Testing the Invariance Hypothesis Across Gender and Developmental Period

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 673-691

  Salas Wright, Christopher P ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b   Maynard, Brandy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; drug selling; religiosity; theft; young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899765251     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813514579     Document Type: Article

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