TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Predictors of police contact among midwestern homeless and runaway youth
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Thrane, Lisa
A1  - Chen, Xiaojin
A1  - Johnson, Kurt
A1  - Whitbeck, Les B.
SP  - 227
EP  - 239
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - Research has substantiated that homeless and runaway youth are at high risk for offending and deviant behavior. Although gender, abuse, and deviant peers have been implicated in arrests among homeless youth, we know less about whether these precursors operate similarly for police harassment as well as for postrunaway arrest. In a study of 361 Midwestern homeless and runaway youth, several differences were noted between the predictors of arrest and police harassment. First, path-analytic techniques demonstrated that having deviant friends promoted harassment but not arrest. Second, substance use was the impetus for police harassment, whereas age at first runaway was consequential for arrest. Third, physically abused youth encountered more harassment, yet minor delinquent behavior increased the risk of arrest.   Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204007313382
ID  - ref1
ER  -