Youth Violence in Context: The Roles of Sex, Race, and Community in Offending

Terrance J. Taylor; Dana Peterson; Finn-Aage Esbensen; Adrienne Freng

doi:10.1177/1541204006297369

Youth Violence in Context: The Roles of Sex, Race, and Community in Offending

Terrance J. Taylor, Dana Peterson, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Adrienne Freng

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Original language	American English
Journal	Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204006297369
State	Published - Jan 10 2007

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice
Public Policy
Psychology

Access to Document

10.1177/1541204006297369License: Unspecified

Cite this

@article{4dbbc71c6ba44e3ca5874f8ce05b3b32,

title = "Youth Violence in Context: The Roles of Sex, Race, and Community in Offending",

author = "Taylor, \{Terrance J.\} and Dana Peterson and Finn-Aage Esbensen and Adrienne Freng",

note = "Youth violence garners considerable attention in the media as well as in public policy debates. In spite of this interest and attention to youth violence, stereotypes fueled by misperceptions about the epidemiology of youth violence often drive these discussions. Urban minority youth, especially males, are typically presented as the {"}dark stranger{"} responsible for much of this violence.",

year = "2007",

month = jan,

day = "10",

doi = "10.1177/1541204006297369",

language = "American English",

volume = "5",

journal = "Youth Violence \& Juvenile Justice",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Youth Violence in Context: The Roles of Sex, Race, and Community in Offending

AU - Taylor, Terrance J.

AU - Peterson, Dana

AU - Esbensen, Finn-Aage

AU - Freng, Adrienne

N1 - Youth violence garners considerable attention in the media as well as in public policy debates. In spite of this interest and attention to youth violence, stereotypes fueled by misperceptions about the epidemiology of youth violence often drive these discussions. Urban minority youth, especially males, are typically presented as the "dark stranger" responsible for much of this violence.

PY - 2007/1/10

Y1 - 2007/1/10

UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1541204006297369

UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1541204006297369

U2 - 10.1177/1541204006297369

DO - 10.1177/1541204006297369

M3 - Article

VL - 5

JO - Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice

JF - Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice

ER -

Youth Violence in Context: The Roles of Sex, Race, and Community in Offending

Disciplines

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this