Date of Award

1-1-2009

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

School of Criminal Justice

Content Description

1 online resource (xvii, 184 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Colin Loftin

Committee Members

Marvin Krohn, Alan Lizotte, David McDowall, Mark Warr

Keywords

Censoring, CLAD, Differential Association/Social Learning, Peer Influence and Homophily, Tobit, Peer pressure, Juvenile delinquency

Subject Categories

Criminology | Statistics and Probability

Abstract

Behavioral scientists are aware of the strong and persistent correlation between peer and individual behavior. Evidence suggests selection and socialization effects explain the correlation, but the processes, or the details of the ways in which these effects operate in an empirical model, remain relatively unexamined.

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