Ethnic Identity and Offending Trajectories Among Mexican American Juvenile Offenders: Gang Membership and Psychosocial Maturity

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 782-796

  Knight, George P ^a   Losoya, Sandra H ^a   Cho, Young Il ^a   Chassin, Laurie ^a   Williams, Joanna Lee ^b   Cota Robles, Sonia ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Pima Prevention Partnership ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84869170499     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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