Dangerous boys or boys in danger? Examining the relationship between ethnicity, child abuse and violent offending

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 641-658

  Lahlah, Esmah ^a   van der Knaap, Leontien M ^a   Bogaerts, Stefan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abuse; ethnicity; juvenile delinquency; self report; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887461190     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370812467570     Document Type: Article

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