LD and delinquency: Rethinking the "link"

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 194-200

  Malmgren, Kimber ^a,d   Abbott, Robert D ^b   Hawkins, J David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Developmental Research and Programs   (United States)

^d and Natural Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033421951     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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