Similarities and differences in risk factors for violent offending and gang membership

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-335

  Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a   Peterson, Dana ^b   Taylor, Terrance J ^a   Freng, Adrienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Youth gangs; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849087528     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.42.3.310     Document Type: Article

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