Predictors of Recidivism among Delinquent Youth: Interrelations among Ethnicity, Gender, Age, Mental Health Problems, and Posttraumatic Stress

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-160

  Becker, Stephen P ^a   Kerig, Patricia K ^b   Lim, Ji Young ^c   Ezechukwu, Rebecca N ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

delinquency; mental health; PTSD; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861351283     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2012.671798     Document Type: Article

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