Youth Crime, Public Policy, and Practice in the Juvenile Justice System: Recent Trends and Needed Reforms

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 324-334

  Jenson, Jeffrey M ^a   Howard, Matthew O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime rates; Delinquency; Juvenile justice; Social policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032116358     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/43.4.324     Document Type: Article

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