The psychological impact of custody on the aboriginal adolescent

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-96

  Troth, Geoffrey ^a   Grainger, Jessica ^b  

^a NSW Department of Juvenile Justice   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CUSTODY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL;

EID: 0034034057     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710009524974     Document Type: Article

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