The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Juvenile Offending Trajectories in a Juvenile Offender Sample

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 229-241

  Baglivio, Michael T ^a   Wolff, Kevin T ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c   Epps, Nathan ^d  

^a G4S Youth Services   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Florida Department of Juvenile Justice   (United States)

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EID: 84930202011     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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