Neighborhood crime and perception of safety as predictors of victimization and offending among youth: A call for macro-level prevention and intervention models

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1966-1973

  Hartinger Saunders, Robin M ^a   Rine, Christine M ^b   Nochajski, Thomas ^d   Wieczorek, William ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Macro interventions; Neighborhood crime; Perceptions of safety; Prevention; Youth offending; Youth victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863860376     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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