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Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions
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This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1999-07-01. It has received 1251 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Juvenile delinquency.read more
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The world report on violence and health.
TL;DR: The first World Report on Violence and Health analyses different types of violence including child abuse and neglect, youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, elder abuse, self-directed violence, and collective violence.
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Peer influence on risk taking, risk preference, and risky decision making in adolescence and adulthood: an experimental study.
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TL;DR: The idea that adolescents are more inclined toward risky behavior and risky decision making than are adults and that peer influence plays an important role in explaining risky behavior during adolescence is supported.
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A Meta-analytic Review of Components Associated with Parent Training Program Effectiveness
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Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising. Research in Brief. National Institute of Justice.
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The Recent Past and Near Future of Risk and/or Need Assessment
TL;DR: Andrews et al. as discussed by the authors reviewed the progress of risk assessment in criminal justice and assess progress since Andrews, Bonta, and Hoge's (1990; Andrews, Zinger, et al., 1990) statement of the human service principles of risk-needresponsivity and professional discretion.