A group-based modeling approach to examining sociodemographic variation in the association among risky sexual behavior, drug use, and criminal involvement in a sample of newly arrested juvenile offenders

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-332

  Childs, Kristina ^a   Dembo, Richard ^b   Belenko, Steven ^c   Sullivan, Christopher ^d   Cochran, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Drug use; Group based CFA modeling; Problem behavior syndrome; Risky sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355188152     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204011402854     Document Type: Article

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