Differences among substance abusing Latino, Anglo, and African-American juvenile offenders in predictors of recidivism and treatment outcome

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 5-29

  Rivaux, Stephanie L ^a   Springer, David W ^a   Bohman, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Eric F ^b   Gil, Andrés G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hispanic; Juvenile delinquency; Latino; Risk factors; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751540080     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v06n04_02     Document Type: Article

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