Differential effects of adult court transfer on juvenile offender recidivism

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 476-488

  Loughran, Thomas A ^a   Mulvey, Edward P ^b   Schubert, Carol A ^b   Chassin, Laurie A ^c   Steinberg, Laurence ^d   Piquero, Alex R ^e   Fagan, Jeffrey ^f   Cota Robles, Sonia ^d   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^g   Losoya, Sandy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult transfer; Juvenile justice; Propensity scores; Sanctions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 78651268599     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9210-z     Document Type: Article

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