Defining Juvenile Justice in the 21st Century

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 276-288

  Merlo, Alida V ^a   Benekos, Peter J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

future of juvenile crime; future of juvenile justice; juvenile justice; juvenile justice policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247443737     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204003001003003     Document Type: Article

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