The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency

feminist criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-71

  Belknap, Joanne ^a   Holsinger, Kristi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse and offending; gender specific services; general strain theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248645490     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085105282897     Document Type: Article

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