Juvenile delinquency
Does Substance Use Exacerbate Escalation Along Developmental Pathways of Covert and Overt Externalizing Behaviors Among Young Men?
Effects of Physical and Emotional Maternal Hostility on Adolescents' Depression and Reoffending
Two-Step Latent Profile Method for Identifying Invalid Respondents in Self-Reported Survey Data
Quasi-experimental Designs for Community-level Public Health Violence Reduction Interventions: a Case Study in the Challenges of Selecting the Counterfactual
Associations Among Callous-Unemotional Traits, Worry, and Aggression in Justice-Involved Adolescent Boys
Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Juvenile Delinquency Cases
Collecting Data and Sharing Information To Improve School-Justice Partnerships
Change in Externalizing Problems Over Time Among Ethnic Minority Youth Exposed to Violence
Understanding the Role of Trauma and Violence Exposure on Justice-Involved LGBTQA and GNC Youth in Hennepin County, MN
Broken Contracts: Reimagining High-Quality Representation of Youth in Contract and Appointed Counsel Systems
Broken Contracts: Contract Counsel Toolkit
Gangs
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...
Children Exposed to Violence
A study of a national sample of American children found that over the past year 60 percent were exposed to violence, crime, or abuse in their homes, schools, and communities. Almost 40 percent of American children were direct victims of 2 or more violent acts, and 1 in 10 were victims of violence 5 or more times. Children are more likely to be exposed to...
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