A structural model of the influence of family problems and child abuse factors on serious delinquency among youths processed at a juvenile assessment center

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-31

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Wothke, Werner ^b   Shemwell, Marina ^a   Pacheco, Kimberly ^a   Seeberger, William ^a   Rollie, Matthew ^a   Livingston, Stephen ^a   Schmeidler, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Small Waters Corporation   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child abuse; Delinquency; Drug abues; Juveniles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358089     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v10n01_02     Document Type: Article

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