Comparing early and late twentieth-century boston and chicago male juvenile offenders: What changed?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-198

  Zagar, Robert John ^a   Busch, Kenneth G ^b   Hughes, John Russell ^c   Arbit, Jack ^d  

^a Consultant to Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DRUG USE; FAMILY; HISTORY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BOSTON; CHICAGO; CRIME; DRUG USERS; FAMILY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 66849129656     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.1.185-198     Document Type: Article

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