Non-violent males in violent settings: An exploratory qualitative study of prosocial low-income adolescent males in two Chicago (USA) neighborhoods

Childhood

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 437-461

  Barker, Gary ^a,b  

^a Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoloescent males; Gang involvement; Teen fathers; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042972974     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568298005004006     Document Type: Article

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