Psychosocial, substance use, and delinquency differences among Anglo, Hispanic White, and African-American male youths entering a juvenile assessment center

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1481-1510

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Schmeidler, James ^b   Chin Sue, Camille ^a   Borden, Polly ^c   Manning, Darrell ^d   Rollie, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Information Technology Department   (United States)

^d Agy for Comm Treatment Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Problems among high risk youth; Race ethnicity differences; Relative deviance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031861355     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089809069810     Document Type: Article

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