Cost comparisons of raising a child from birth to 17 years among samples of abused, delinquent, violent, and homicidal youth using victimization and justice system estimates

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 309-338

  Zagar, Agata Karolina ^a   Zagar, Robert John ^a   Bartikowski, Boris ^b   Busch, Kenneth G ^c  

^a Consultant to Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County ^*  (United States)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; ECONOMICS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 66849142468     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.1.309-338     Document Type: Article

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