Community Violence Exposure and Adolescent Delinquency: Examining a Spectrum of Promotive Factors

Youth and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-57

  Chen, Pan ^a   Voisin, Dexter R ^a   Jacobson, Kristen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

community violence exposure; delinquency; future expectations; promotive factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; DELINQUENCY; EXPECTATION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84949463559     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X13475827     Document Type: Article

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