Boots, Denise Paquette, 1970-

Mental health and violent youth a developmental/lifecourse perspective / [electronic resource] : Denise Paquette Boots. - New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008. - xi, 260 p. : ill. - Criminal justice : recent scholarship . - Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-257) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Problem youth--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Longitudinal studies.
Problem youth--Mental health--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Longitudinal studies.
Violence in adolescence--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Longitudinal studies.


Electronic books.

RJ506.P63 / B66 2008

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