Early Adolescent Delinquency: Assessing the Role of Childhood Problems, Family Environment, and Peer Pressure

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-313

  Sullivan, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood emotional and behavioral problems; delinquency; early adolescence; protective factors; risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549163105     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204006292656     Document Type: Article

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