Female offenders referred for community-based mental health service as compared to other service-referred youth: Correlates of conviction

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-61

  Walrath, Christine ^a   Ybarra, Michele ^a   Holden, E Wayne ^b   Manteuffel, Brigitte ^b   Santiago, Rolando ^c   Leaf, Philip ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c Substance Abuse Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 0037322080     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1971(02)00113-6     Document Type: Review

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