Opportunities provision for preventing youth gang involvement for children and young people (7-16)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Fisher, H ^b   Montgomery, Paul ^a   Gardner, F E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANG; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

EID: 44949163689     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007002.pub2     Document Type: Review

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