Accounting for Projection Bias in Models of Delinquent Peer Influence: The Utility and Limits of Latent Variable Approaches

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-186

  Rebellon, Cesar J ^a   Modecki, Kathryn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delinquency; False consensus; Peers; Perceptions; Projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900309208     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-013-9199-9     Document Type: Article

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