"youth is enmeshed in a highly dysfunctional family system": Exploring the relationship among dysfunctional families, parental incarceration, and juvenile court decision making

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-208

  Rodriguez, Nancy ^a,c   Smith, Hilary ^b   Zatz, Marjorie S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Juvenile court processing; Parental incarceration; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649107133     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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