Ethnicity, gender, and global risk indicators in the lives of status offenders coming to the attention of the juvenile court

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 696-710

  Gavazzi, Stephen M ^a   Yarcheck, Courtney M ^a   Lim, Ji Young ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Families; Risk assessment; Status offenders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744548529     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X05276467     Document Type: Article

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