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Peer reviewedSommers, Ira; Baskin, Deborah R. – Youth and Society, 1994
Studied when and how adolescent girls become involved in violent street crime as well as the explanatory factors for this criminal behavior. Subjects were 85 incarcerated women in New York City. Results suggest a need to better understand the impact of neighborhood, peer, and addiction factors in female adolescent criminal violence. (GLR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis
