Adolescent offenders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 445-453

  Bailey, Susan M ^a,b  

^a Comm Adol Forensic Mental Hlth S ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; POLICY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0030711739     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199711000-00006     Document Type: Review

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