What happens to 'bad' girls? A review of the adult outcomes of antisocial adolescent girls

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 862-870

  Pajer, Kathleen A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031750828     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.7.862     Document Type: Review

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