Exploring patterns of court-ordered mental health services for Juvenile Offenders: Is there evidence of systemic bias?

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-419

  Janku, Anne Dannerbeck ^a,b   Yan, Jiahui ^a  

^a Supreme Court of Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Court ordered treatment; Juvenile court; Legal factors; Logistic analysis; Mental health needs; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849278441     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808330799     Document Type: Article

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