Confronting delinquency: Probations officers' use of coercion and client-centered tactics to foster youth compliance

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 801-822

  Schwalbe, Craig S ^a   Maschi, Tina ^b  

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

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; gender; juvenile justice; probation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961213131     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709335150     Document Type: Article

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