TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Family, welfare, and delinquency
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Cao, Liqun
A1  - Cao, Jia
A1  - Zhao, Jinhui
SP  - 565
EP  - 576
VL  - 32
IS  - 6
N2  - Data from a five-wave panel probability sample of families in the State of Washington were analyzed to test the hypothesis that female headship and welfare experience increased participation in and frequency of juvenile delinquency. Appropriate statistical models of random effect probit and negative binomial were employed. Results indicated that there were no direct effects of female headship and welfare experience on either prevalence or frequency of juvenile delinquency. Instead, it was found that the number of adult presence in a household and the child's school attachment significantly reduced the probability of delinquency and the tendency of being referred again in court.<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.08.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -