Juvenile firesetters: Crime scene actions and offender characteristics

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Santtila, Pekka ^a,b   Häkkänen, Helinä ^a   Alison, Laurence ^c   Whyte, Carrie ^c  

^a Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARSON; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037331228     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532503762871200     Document Type: Article

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