Comparison of the educational deficiencies of delinquent and nondelinquent students

Evaluation Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-312

  Wang, Xia ^a,b   Blomberg, Thomas G ^a   Li, Spencer D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Delinquency prevention and treatment; Educational deficiencies; Nondelinquency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE;

EID: 23744485364     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X05275389     Document Type: Article

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