Cultural group differences in social disadvantage, offence characteristics, and experience of childhood trauma and psychopathology in incarcerated juvenile offenders in NSW, Australia: Implications for service delivery

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-305

  Kenny, Dianna T ^a   Lennings, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 36348992420     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.14.2.294     Document Type: Article

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