Adolescent fathers who are incarcerated juvenile offenders: Explanatory study of the co-occurrence of two problem behaviors

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-419

  Unruh, Deanne ^a   Bullis, Michael ^a   Yovanoff, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent fatherhood; juvenile justice; juvenile offenders; problem behaviors; risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344261670     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JCFS.0000044724.18773.74     Document Type: Article

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