Examining the joint impact of moderating and nonlinear peer effects on the sex gap in violent crime

This article uses data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) to investigate the sex gap in violent crime. We posit that the sex gap decreases at higher levels of exposure to violent peers, and we test two competing explanations for this possibility. The first hypothe...

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Authors: Vásquez, Bob Edward (Author) ; Zimmerman, Gregory M. (Author) ; Farrell, Amy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2015, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-195
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Gender
moderating
nonlinear
Peers
Violence