Pathways from traumatic child victimization to delinquency: Implications for juvenile and permanency court proceedings and decisions

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-26

  Ford, Julian D ^a,b,e   Chapman, John ^c   Mack, Michael ^a,c   Pearson, Geraldine ^b,d,e  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c State of Connecticut   (United States)

^d E J C Decree mandated HomeCare Prog for Youths in the Juvenile Syst with Mental Hlth Needs

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33645986685     PISSN: 01617109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2006.tb00111.x     Document Type: Review

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