A meta-analysis of the effect of juvenile delinquency interventions on academic outcomes

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1695-1708

  Sander, Janay B ^a   Patall, Erika A ^a   Amoscato, Laura A ^a   Fisher, Alexandra L ^a   Funk, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Interventions; Juvenile delinquency; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863882763     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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