Family-Based Approaches to Juvenile Delinquency: A Review of the Literature

The Family Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Hinton, W Jeff ^a   Sheperis, Carl ^b   Sims, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; family; juvenile; offender; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442317379     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: 15523950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480702250156     Document Type: Article

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