Alcohol-related violence defined by ultimate goals: A qualitative analysis of the features of three different types of violence by intoxicated young male offenders

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-79

  McMurran, Mary ^a   Jinks, Mary ^a   Howells, Kevin ^a   Howard, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol related violence; Ultimate goals; Young offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949531801     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20331     Document Type: Article

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