Contagion and repeat offending among urban juvenile delinquents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 951-963

  Mennis, Jeremy ^a   Harris, Philip ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile justice; Offense specialization; Peer contagion; Repeat offending; Spatial contagion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DATA BASE; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER CONTAGION; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; RECIDIVISM; RECURRENCE RISK; SPATIAL CONTAGION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHILADELPHIA; RECURRENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052036877     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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