Females in the Juvenile Justice System: Who Are They and How Do They Fare?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-125

  Bright, Charlotte Lyn ^a   Kohl, Patricia L ^b   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; juvenile justice; latent class analysis; outcomes; profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891847450     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128711421652     Document Type: Article

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