Gender, ethnicity, and the family environment: Contributions to assessment efforts within the realm of juvenile justice

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-199

  Gavazzi, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a Department of Human Development and Family Science ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent at risk behavior; Assessment; Ethnicity race issues; Gender and family relationships; Juvenile delinquency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644767367     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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