Intellectual, behavioral, and personality correlates of violent vs. non-violent juvenile offenders

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-325

  Kennedy, Tom D ^a   Burnett, Kent F ^b   Edmonds, William A ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Female offenders; Juvenile delinquency; Serious offenders; Stepwise logistic regression; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79956206480     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20393     Document Type: Article

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