The Developmental Impact of Community Violence

Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 267-285

  Bruyere, Edmund ^a   Garbarino, James ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Article 40; Children's rights; Community violence; Juvenile justice; Resilience; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867238511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093375.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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