Factors Related to Female Adolescent Initiation into Violent Street Crime.

Sommers, Ira; Baskin, Deborah R.

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ERIC Number: EJ487390

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Publication Date: 1994

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Factors Related to Female Adolescent Initiation into Violent Street Crime.

Sommers, Ira; Baskin, Deborah R.

Youth and Society, v25 n4 p468-89 Jun 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, Females, Individual Characteristics, Research, Statistical Analysis, Substance Abuse, Truancy, Urban Youth, Violence

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New York

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