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The Role of Family Factors and Mental Health Issues in the Lives of Court-Involved Youth: Advancing Our Understanding of Disproportionate Minority Contact  


Author:  Stephen M.  Gavazzi.; Courtney M.  Yarcheck.; Jennifer M.  Bostic.


Source: Volume 10, Number 04, November/December 2008 , pp.53-57(5)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

Accurate assessment of global risk factors - such as family difficulties, mental health issues, and educational concerns - holds the key to the development of culturally sensitive and gender informed prevention and intervention efforts that target court-involved youth.

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Affiliations:  1: Ohio State University; 2: Ohio State University; 3: Ohio State University.

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