Peer violence perpetration among urban adolescents: Dispelling the myth of the violent immigrant

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2658-2680

  Almeida, Joanna ^a,c   Johnson, Renee M ^b,c   McNamara, Mariah ^d   Gupta, Jhumka ^e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immigrants; peer violence perpetration; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79961222804     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510388288     Document Type: Article

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