The influence of school demographic factors and perceived student discrimination on delinquency trajectory in adolescence

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-413

  Le, Thao N ^a   Stockdale, Gary ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Developmental trajectory; Ethnic diversity; Risk behavior; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052964326     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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