Predictors of offense severity, prosecution, incarceration and repeat violations for adolescent male and female offenders

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 708-718

  Barrett, David E ^a   Katsiyannis, Antonis ^a   Zhang, Dalun ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Female delinquency; Juvenile justice; Juvenile prosecution; Repeat offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750824301     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9044-y     Document Type: Article

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