Examining the Cumulative Effects of Protective Factors: Resiliency among a National Sample of High-Risk Youths

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-111

  Turner, Michael G ^a   Hartman, Jennifer L ^a   Exum, M Lyn ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; developmental criminology; early intervention; protective factors; Resiliency

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349183727     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10509670802071535     Document Type: Article

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