Exploring Sex Differences among Sentenced Juvenile Offenders in Australia

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-447

  Fitzgerald, Robin ^a   Mazerolle, Paul ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c   Ansara, Donna L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian; child maltreatment; child protection; juvenile offenders; latent class analysis; sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861548343     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.565361     Document Type: Article

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