The cycle of violence behind bars: Traumatization and institutional misconduct among juvenile delinquents in confinement

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-121

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Drury, Alan J ^a   Kosloski, Anna E ^a   Caudill, Jonathan W ^b   Conis, Peter J ^c   Anderson, Craig A ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^d   Beaver, Kevin M ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Des Moines Area Community College   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle of violence; Delinquency; Importation model; Institutional misconduct; Prison; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952375796     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204009349399     Document Type: Article

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