Exploring Fear of General and Gang Crimes among Juveniles on Probation: The Impacts of Delinquent Behaviors

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-54

  Lane, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; fear of crime; fear of gang crime; juvenile probation; offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247669586     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204005282311     Document Type: Article

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