Unraveling the link between trauma and male delinquency: The cumulative versus differential risk perspectives

Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-70

  Maschi, Tina ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk; Exposure to violence; Juvenile delinquency; Stressful life events; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645739751     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.1.59     Document Type: Review

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