A cure for crime: Can mental health treatment diversion reduce crime among youth?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-214

  Cuellar, Alison Evans ^a   McReynolds, Larkin S ^b   Wasserman, Gail A ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Clinical Psychology in Child Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344460534     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20162     Document Type: Review

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