Rethinking the paradigm of juvenile delinquency as related to divorce

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-133

  Price, Cynthia ^a   Kunz, Jenifer ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Divorce; Juvenile delinquency; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247454122     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v39n01_07     Document Type: Article

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