It's not the time they spend, it's what they do: The interaction between delinquent friends and unstructured routine activity on delinquency

2010/08/12 by Robert Svensson, Dietrich Oberwittler · 108 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Crime Patterns and Interventions #Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance #Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis #Developmental psychology #Juvenile delinquency #Peer influence #Psychology #Social psychology #Test (biology)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.07.002

published in Journal of Criminal Justice 38(5), 1006-1014 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior
• THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF PEER VARIABLES ON DELINQUENCY
• Reconsidering Peers and Delinquency: How do Peers Matter?
• Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach

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