Gender similarities and differences in the association between risk and protective factors and self-reported serious delinquency

Prevention Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Fagan, Abigail A ^a   Van Horn, M Lee ^b   Hawkins, J David ^a   Arthur, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Gender and crime; Prevention science; Risk and protective factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248228265     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-006-0062-1     Document Type: Article

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