Predictors of offense severity, adjudication, incarceration, and repeat referrals for juvenile offenders: A multicohort replication study

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-275

  Barrett, David E ^a   Katsiyannis, Antonis ^a   Zhang, Dalun ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Juvenile justice; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954604498     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932509355990     Document Type: Article

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