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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crime Delinq. 2009 May 8;57(6):950–968. doi: 10.1177/0011128709335100

Table 1.

Table of Hypotheses

Historical Propensities (time-invariant)
Hypothesis 1 Homeless and runaway adolescents with a history of severe physical abuse by caretakers will be more likely to engage in violent behavior on the street.
Hypothesis 2 Homeless and runaway adolescents with a history of sexual abuse by caretakers will be more likely to engage in violent behavior on the street.
Hypothesis 3 Homeless and runaway adolescents with a history of substance use will be more likely to engage in violent behavior on the street

Concurrent Propensities (time-variant)
Hypothesis 4 Homeless and runaway adolescents who spend more time on the street during any particular wave of the study will be more likely to have engaged in violent behavior during that wave.
Hypothesis 5 Homeless and runaway adolescents who use drugs during any particular wave of the study will be more likely to have engaged in violent behavior during that wave.
Hypothesis 6 Homeless and runaway adolescents who sell drugs during any particular wave of the study will be more likely to have engaged in violent behavior during that wave.
Hypothesis 7 Homeless and runaway adolescents who participate in gang activity any particular wave of the study will be more likely to have engaged in violent behavior during that wave.
Hypothesis 8 Homeless and runaway adolescents who associate with deviant peers during any particular wave of the study will be more likely to have engaged in violent behavior during that wave.