Race, Ethnicity, and School-Based Adolescent Victimization

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-349

  Peguero, Anthony A ^a   Popp, Ann Marie ^b   Koo, Dixie J ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

opportunity; racial and ethnic differences; school crime; victimization; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924917673     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128711398021     Document Type: Article

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