Are the correlates and effects of gang membership sex-specific? Troublesome youth groups and delinquency among Dutch girls

Youth Gangs in International Perspective: Results from the Eurogang Program of Research

Volumn 9781461416593, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-287

  Weerman, Frank M ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1659-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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