A Gender-specific pathway to serious, violent, and chronic offending?: Exploring howell's risk factors for serious delinquency

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-240

  Johansson, Pernilla ^a   Kempf Leonard, Kimberly ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Gang involvement; Gender and female specific delinquency; Juvenile justice; Mental health problems; Runaway

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349102216     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708330652     Document Type: Article

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