Significant Race Differences in Factors Related to the Detention Recidivism of Youthful Offenders

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-40

  Mallett, Christopher A ^a   Fukushima, Miyuki ^a   Stoddard Dare, Patricia ^a   Quinn, Linda M ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; detention; extralegal factors; legal factors; race; Recidivism; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857302713     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2012.642727     Document Type: Article

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