Introduction The purpose of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis investigating the
consistency and strength of relations between prosocial behavior, externalizing behaviors …

Purpose Research on juvenile reoffending has experienced an ecological turn, marked by
an impressive expansion of studies that test the relation between elements of residential …

Literature on predictors of youth crime is of special value to many fields. By examining the
factors that predict youth offending behavior, this literature helps better understand …

Objective To examine several risk and protective factors as predictors of future gun violence
among male juvenile offenders. Method Data came from a longitudinal cohort of 1,170 male …

Alongside the research on the impact of cumulative trauma on later outcomes, scholars have
started to investigate how an accumulation of protective factors may buffer adverse …

Both macro-and micro-level research suggests that immigration is unrelated or negatively
associated with crime and violence. However, far less research has examined the indirect …

Purpose While the implementation of risk assessment has expanded, the extent to which
there are different trajectories of risk/protective factors among adjudicated youth during …

Abstract Research Summary Juvenile justice agencies are increasing their emphasis on
early intervention and prevention services as a growing body of research evinces their …

Leveraging point-level spatial data from the Phoenix area, we consider the role of nearby
organizations as contextual factors that amplify or reduce reoffending risk among juvenile …

Social disorganization theory encourages researchers to consider “kinds of places” rather
than “kinds of people” for understanding why some communities experience more crime …