Characteristics of Young Offenders Detained under Section 53(2) at a Young Offenders' Institution

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Puri, B K ^a   Lambert, M T ^b   Cordess, C C ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Andrews Out Patients Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD REARING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0029806343     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249603600113     Document Type: Article

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