THE CAUSES OF GIRLS’ DELINQUENCY AND THEIR PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS

Family Court Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 456-465

  Zahn, Margaret A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquent girls; juvenile justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450079132     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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