Juvenile offending: An overview in support of assessing risk factors, needs, and strengths

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 39-56

  Thompson, Anthony P ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interventions; Justice Model; Juvenile Offenders; Legislation; Welfare Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007776521     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200028406     Document Type: Article

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