Correlates Associated with Escalation of Delinquent Behavior in Incarcerated Youths

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-531

  Van Dorn, Richard A ^a   Williams, James Herbert ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attitudes; Correlates; Delinquency; Escalation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRISONERS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0642340825     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.4.523     Document Type: Article

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