Schools and neighborhoods: Organizational and environmental factors associated with crime in secondary schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 539-544

  Limbos, Mary Ann P ^a,b   Casteel, Carri ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Community health; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 52249090688     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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