Validityof self-reports of delinquency and socio-emotional functioning among youth on probation

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-23

  Cashel, Mary Louise ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Delinquency; Self reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009545288     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v37n01_02     Document Type: Article

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