Offender ethnicity and mental health service referrals from juvenile courts

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-667

  Breda, Carolyn S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile courts; Juvenile offenders; Race ethnicity; Service referrals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242635582     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803256451     Document Type: Article

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