Female Juvenile Delinquency, Motherhood, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-237

  Tzoumakis, Stacy ^a   Lussier, Patrick ^a   Corrado, Raymond ^a  

^a International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859759692     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2010     Document Type: Article

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