Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT): Results from the national evaluation

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-225

  Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a   Wayne Osgood, D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; JUVENILE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0345621642     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427899036002004     Document Type: Article

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