The effects of self-control, gang membership, and parental attachment/identification on police contacts among Latino and African American youths

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-238

  Flexon, Jamie L ^a   Greenleaf, Richard G ^b   Lurigio, Arthur J ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

gangs; minority youth; police contacts; self control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859368381     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10394116     Document Type: Article

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