"Boys will be boys" or budding criminal: Differentiating youthful offenders

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-572

  Luebbers, Stefan ^a   Ogloff, James R P ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Court transfer; Juvenile; Risk assessment; Youth placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855479871     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2010.501779     Document Type: Article

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