Moroccan adolescent suspect offenders in the Netherlands: Ethnic differences in offender profiles

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-561

  Veen, Violaine C ^a   Stevens, Gonneke ^a   Doreleijers, Theo ^b   Vollebergh, Wilma ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criminal records; Ethnic background; Juvenile offenders; Offending behaviour; Offending history

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960671636     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903418205     Document Type: Article

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