Psychosocial functioning among juvenile offenders 12 months after family empowerment intervention

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-56

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Seeberger, William ^a   Shemwell, Marina ^a   Klein, Laine ^a   Rollie, Matthew ^a   Pacheco, Kimberly ^a   Schmeidler, James ^a   Hartsfield, Amy ^a,b   Wothke, Werner ^a,c  

^a Mt Sinai School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WATERS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Family empowerment intervention for high risk youth; Juvenile offender family intervention; Juvenile offender psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008756667     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v32n01_01     Document Type: Article

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