Criminal and psychiatric histories of Finnish arsonists

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 318-323

  Repo, E ^a   Virkkunen, M ^a   Rawlings, R ^b   Linnoila, M ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Antisocial personality disorders; Arson; Criminal recidivism; Enuresis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARSON; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ENURESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030890843     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09638.x     Document Type: Article

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