Women convicted for violent offenses: Adverse childhood experiences, low level of education and poor mental health

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rossegger, Astrid ^a   Wetli, Nicole ^a   Urbaniok, Frank ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^b   Cortoni, Franca ^c   Endrass, Jérôme ^a  

^a Criminal Justice System   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARSON; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 74549212508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-81     Document Type: Article

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