Violence Risk and Race in a Sample of Youth in Juvenile Detention: The Potential to Reduce Disproportionate Minority Confinement

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-184

  Chapman, John F ^a   Desai, Rani A ^a   Falzer, Paul R ^a   Borum, Randy ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

disproportionate minority contact; juvenile justice; protective factors; risk factors; SAVRY; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247660879     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204006286316     Document Type: Article

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