Legal, individual, and environmental predictors of court disposition in a sample of serious adolescent offenders

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 519-535

  Cauffman, Elizabeth ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b   Kimonis, Eva ^a   Steinberg, Laurence ^c   Chassin, Laurie ^d   Fagan, Jeffery ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Juvenile justice; Maturity; Sentencing; Waiver to adult court

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRISON; PROBATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 36348986091     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9076-2     Document Type: Article

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