Mental health and violent youth : a developmental/lifecourse perspective / Denise Paquette Boots.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Main Author: Boots, Denise Paquette, 1970-
Language:English
Published: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
At-risk youth > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Longitudinal studies.
At-risk youth > Mental health > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Longitudinal studies.
Violence in adolescence > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Longitudinal studies.
Genre:
Longitudinal studies.
Physical Description:xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Violence and chronic offending as a social phenomenon
  • Exploring the relationship between childhood mental health problems and violent behaviors
  • Developmental modeling of DSM-oriented problems and serious offending behaviors in youth
  • Findings regarding youth violence and property crime
  • Implications and conclusions.