The impact of indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shepherd, Stephane M ^a   Delgado, Rosa Hazel ^b   Sherwood, Juanita ^c   Paradies, Yin ^d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correctional health care; Cultural identity; Indigenous prisoners; Minority health; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COHORT STUDIES; CRIMINALS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRISONERS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85025707674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4603-2     Document Type: Article

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