Do childhood mental disorders cause adult crime?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1625-1627

  Grisso, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CRIME; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36749027790     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07081353     Document Type: Editorial

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