Child maltreatment and violent delinquency: Disentangling main effects and subgroup effects

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-258

  Mersky, Joshua P ^a,c   Reynolds, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Helen Bader School of Social Welfare   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Maltreatment; Moderators; Prevention; Subgroup effects; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547196200     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507301842     Document Type: Article

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