The impact of timing of exposure to violence on violent behavior in a high poverty sample of inner city African American youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-692

  Spano, Richard ^a,b   Rivera, Craig ^c   Bolland, John ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle of violence; Exposure to violence; General strain theory; Inner city poverty; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749523384     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9080-3     Document Type: Article

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