Gender and runaways: Risk factors, delinquency, and juvenile justice experiences

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-327

  Kempf Leonard, Kimberly ^a   Johansson, Pernilla ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Juvenile justice alternatives; Runaway; Status offense

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250679788     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007301293     Document Type: Article

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