Reducing disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system: Promising practices

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-401

  Cabaniss, Emily R ^a   Frabutt, James M ^a   Kendrick, Mary H ^a   Arbuckle, Margaret B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Guilford Education Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency prevention; Juvenile justice system; Racism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DETENTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 34247124011     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2006.09.004     Document Type: Review

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