Disproportionality and Disparities among Sexual Minority Youth in Custody

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1547-1561

  Wilson, Bianca D M ^a   Jordan, Sid P ^a   Meyer, Ilan H ^a   Flores, Andrew R ^b   Stemple, Lara ^a   Herman, Jody L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detention; Juvenile justice; Sexual minorities; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; DETENTION; FEMALE; GIRL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISON; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECIDIVISM; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PREJUDICE; RECIDIVISM; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009433896     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0632-5     Document Type: Article

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