A cross-national comparison of externalizing behaviors among high-risk youth and youth gang members in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts, and San Salvador, El salvador

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-369

  Olate, René ^a   Salas Wright, Christopher ^b   Vaughn, Michael G ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Salvador; High risk youth; Latin America; Youth gangs; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053304758     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2011.607396     Document Type: Article

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