Family processes and delinquency: The consistency of relationships by ethnicity and gender

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-61

  McCluskey, Cynthia Perez ^a   Tovar, Stephanie ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Ethnicity; Family; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247462258     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v01n01_03     Document Type: Article

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