Predictors of police contact among Midwestern homeless and runaway youth

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-239

  Thrane, Lisa ^a   Chen, Xiaojin ^b   Johnson, Kurt ^c   Whitbeck, Les B ^d  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Homeless and runaway adolescents; Police harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949247469     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007313382     Document Type: Article

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