Navigating the Social Maze: An Integrative Review on the Social Network Properties of Deviant Peer Influence in Adolescent Networks

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Joke GeeraertLuis EC RochaChristophe Vandevivera Ghent University, Belgium Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Ghent, Belgiumb Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumJoke Geeraert is a PhD Fellow Fundamental Research of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) at the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, Ghent University, Belgium. Her research concerns social network analyses of co-offending networks to examine the transmission of physical violent offending among offenders.Luis E. C. Rocha is a full-time Professor at the Department of Economics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Belgium. His main domains of expertise are complex systems, social networks, population dynamics, agent-based models, and social physics.Christophe Vandeviver is a full-time Research Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, Ghent University, Belgium, and affiliated with the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP) and the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR). His research focuses on the spatial and temporal analysis of crime and crime control, crime science, and sexual violence victimization.

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