Sex differences and the overlap in youths' risk factors for onset of violence and gang involvement

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-154

  Peterson, Dana ^a   Morgan, Kirstin A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

gang involvement; gang membership; gang prevention; gender differences; onset of gang membership; onset of violence; risk factors; sex differences; violence prevention; youth gangs; youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897837148     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2013.830393     Document Type: Article

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