What do Alternative Measures of Peer Behavior Tell Us? Examining the Discriminant Validity of Multiple Methods of Measuring Peer Deviance and the Implications for Etiological Models

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 626-652

  Young, Jacob T N ^a   Rebellon, Cesar J ^b   Barnes, J C ^c   Weerman, Frank M ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

peers; social networks; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930019312     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2013.788730     Document Type: Article

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