Youth violence in context: The roles of sex, race, and community in offending

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-410

  Peterson, Dana ^a   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^b   Taylor, Terrance J ^b   Freng, Adrienne ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Community context; Epidemiology; Race ethnicity; Self report; Sex gender differences; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748881816     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204006297369     Document Type: Article

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