Female juvenile risk: Is there a need for gendered assessment instruments?

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-330

  Emeka, Traqina Q ^a   Sorensen, Jon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Female offending; Gender; Juvenile recidivism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350042932     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204009334083     Document Type: Article

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