+ Relationship between Attributional Errors and at-Risk Behaviors among Juvenile Delinquents.
- Author:
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Daley, C.E / Onwuegbuzie, A.J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Non-journal (the paper was presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans, LA; April 24-28, 2000)
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Education/Counseling, Gender, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, Substance Abuse, Violence, delinquency, guns, juvenile gangs
Using data derived from surveying 82 adolescent males aged 12 to 18, who were incarcerated in correctional facilities in a large southeastern state in the U.S., the authors explore whether risky behaviors...
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+ PROBLEM - ORIENTED POLICING, DETERRENCE, AND YOUTH VIOLENCE: AN EVALUATION OF BOSTON'S OPERATION CEASEFIRE
- Author:
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Braga, Anthony A. / Kennedy, David M. / Waring, Elin J. / Piehl, Anne Morrison
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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GANGS, Youth, trafficking
Operation Ceasefire was a problem-oriented policing intervention in Boston aimed at reducing youth firearm violence. The impact evaluation indicates that it was associated with a substantial reduction...
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+ Reducing Homicide through a
- Author:
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McGarrell, Edmund F. / Chermak, Steven / Wilson, Jeremy M. / Corsaro, Nicholas
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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CRIME, CRIMINOLOGY, GANGS, HOMICIDE, SOCIAL work education
The authors explored the effects on violent crime resulting from a “lever-pulling” strategy in Indianapolis from 1998-1999. “Lever-pulling” referred to attempts by criminal justice officials to deter...
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