Social control correlates of arrest behavior among homeless youth in five U.S. cities

Violence and Victims

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 648-668

  Ferguson, Kristin M ^a   Bender, Kimberly ^b   Thompson, Sanna J ^c   Maccio, Elaine M ^d   Xie, Bin ^e   Pollio, David ^f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Employment; Homeless youth; Mental health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555191254     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.5.648     Document Type: Article

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