Teen court referral, sentencing, and subsequent recidivism: Two proportional hazards models and a little speculation

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-635

  Rasmussen, Andrew ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Diversion; Proportional hazards; Recidivism; Survival analysis; Teen court

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744344749     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128703261616     Document Type: Review

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