Smells like teen spirit: Evaluating a midwestern teen court

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-221

  Norris, Michael ^a   Twill, Sarah ^a   Kim, Chigon ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

offense severity; proportional hazards; recidivism; survival analysis; teen court

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952352900     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709354037     Document Type: Article

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