Assigning Deviant Youths to Minimize Total Harm

A common practice in the fields of education, mental health, and juvenile justice is to segregate problem youths in groups with deviant peers. Assignments of this sort, which concentrate deviant youths, may facilitate deviant peer influence and lead to perverse outcomes. This possibility adds to the...

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1. VerfasserIn: Jens Ludwig (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Philip J. Cook
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