Mental health and Juvenile arrests: Criminality, criminalization, or compassion?'

Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-630

  Hirschfield, Paul ^a   Maschi, Tina ^b   White, Helene Raskin ^a   Traub, Leak Goldman ^a   Loeber, Rolf ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent males; Arrests; Child psychopathology; Criminalization; Juvenile justice; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748320976     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2006.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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