Comparing Patterns and Predictors of Immigrant Offending Among a Sample of Adjudicated Youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1914-1933

  Bersani, Bianca E ^a   Loughran, Thomas A ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Ethnic identity; Immigration; Longitudinal; Offending

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885779674     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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