Firesetting and playing with fire during childhood and adolescence: Interview studies of 18-year-old male draftees and 18-19-year-old female pupils

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Perrin Wallqvist, Renée ^a   Norlander, Torsten ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSON; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0141843690     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532503322362933     Document Type: Article

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