Predicting outcomes for youth transferred to adult court

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 460-475

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult transfer; Heterogeneity; Juvenile transfer; Outcomes; Waiver

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARIZONA; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 78651303136     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9209-5     Document Type: Article

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