Serious Youth Violence and Innovative Prevention: On the Emerging Link Between Public Health and Criminology

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 500-523

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a   Braga, Anthony A ^b   Sullivan, Christopher J ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based policy; public health; violence prevention; youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898488432     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.690441     Document Type: Article

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