Transmission of violent offending and crime across three generations

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-99

  Putkonen, Anu ^a   Ryynänen, Olli Pekka ^a   Eronen, Markku ^b   Tiihonen, Jari ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VANHA VAASA HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Crime; Family; Homicide; Parents; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILY STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; RECIDIVISM; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247540026     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0139-y     Document Type: Article

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