Examining the Sexual Offenses of Female Juveniles: The Relevance of Childhood Maltreatment

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-412

  Roe Sepowitz, Dominique ^a   Krysik, Judy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child maltreatment; female; juvenile sex offender; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 58249127299     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014310     Document Type: Article

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