Compounded risk: The implications for delinquency of coming from a poor family that lives in a poor community

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 593-605

  Hay, Carter ^a   Fortson, Edward N ^b   Hollist, Dusten R ^c,f   Altheimer, Irshad ^d   Schaible, Lonnie M ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminological theory; Delinquency; Poverty; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250313953     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9175-5     Document Type: Article

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