Youthful Offending and Delinquency: The Comorbid Impact of Maltreatment, Mental Health Problems, and Learning Disabilities

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 369-392

  Mallett, Christopher A ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbid; Delinquency; Learning disabilities; Maltreatment; Mental health; Serious offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904191640     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-013-0323-3     Document Type: Review

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