Cultural Alignment African American Male Youths and Violent Crime

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 165-181

  Schiele, Jerome H ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American males; Afrocentric socialization; Cultural alienation; Cultural oppression; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009643389     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v01n02_10     Document Type: Article

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