Sociodemographic, delinquency-abuse history, and psychosocial functioning differences among juvenile offenders of various ages

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-78

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Nini Gough, Banni ^a   Schmeidler, James ^b   Manning, Darrell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Agency for Community Treatment Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquent Youth; High Risk Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032245613     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v08n02_03     Document Type: Article

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