Male versus female substance abuse patterns among incarcerated juvenile offenders: Comparing strain and social learning variables

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-132

  Neff, Joan L ^a   Waite, Dennis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Female; Juvenile offenders; Male; Patterns; Social learning; Strain; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847221825     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701201024     Document Type: Article

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