An assessment of criminal thinking among incarcerated youths in three states

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1157-1167

  Dembo, Richard ^a,d   Turner, Charles W ^b   Jainchill, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d Juvenile Assessment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; Criminal thinking; Family functioning; Juvenile offender problems; Juvenile psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548060976     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807304348     Document Type: Article

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