Learning disabilities and delinquency: A study of Israeli prison inmates

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 416-434

  Einat, Tomer ^a,c   Einat, Amela ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Criminal behavior; Delinquency; Education; Inmates; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRISON;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS;

EID: 45749137179     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07307352     Document Type: Article

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