Causes and prevention of youth violence

Denver University Law Review

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 629-660

  Jenson, Jeffrey M ^a   Howard, Matthew O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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