Do Peers Protect People or Put Them at Risk of Recidivism? Friendship Quality and Peer Crime Among Justice-Involved Youth

Despite theoretical acknowledgments that peers can be either “good” or “bad” for criminal offending and recidivism, criminological research most often models peers as a criminogenic influence on offending behaviors. To explore the impact of peer relationships and to expand on theoretical conceptuali...

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Authors: Confer, Leanne M. (Author) ; Mowen, Thomas J. (Author) ; Boman, John H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2024, Volume: 70, Issue: 9, Pages: 2371-2404
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Social Control
Social learning
Recidivism
Desistance
Peers