Relating psychiatric disorders, offender and offence characteristics in a sample of adolescent sex offenders and non-sex offenders

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-30

  Van Wijk, A Ph ^a   Blokland, A A J ^b   Duits, N ^c   Vermeiren, R ^d,e   Harkink, J ^c  

^a Netherlands Police Academy   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Forensic Psychiatric Services (FPD)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 34047275926     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.628     Document Type: Article

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