The contribution of psychiatric disorder to juvenile recidivism

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-216

  McReynolds, Larkin S ^a   Schwalbe, Craig S ^a   Wasserman, Gail A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Juvenile probation; Psychiatric disorder; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949143458     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809354961     Document Type: Article

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