Comparing male and female juveniles charged with homicide: Child maltreatment, substance abuse, and crime details

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 601-617

  Roe Sepowitz, Dominique Eve ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Female juvenile offenders; Homicide; Juveniles

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANGER; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 62349106308     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508317201     Document Type: Article

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