Girl members of deviant youth groups, offending behaviour and victimisation: Results from the ISRD2 in Italy and Switzerland

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-182

  Haymoz, Sandrine ^a   Gatti, Uberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Deviant youth groups; Gangs; Girls; Victimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955660979     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-010-9122-y     Document Type: Article

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