Psychopathology, Biopsychosocial Factors, Crime Characteristics, and Classification of 25 Homicidal Youths
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPublished 1 November 1995Open access
Wade C. Myers, KERRILYN SCOTT, Ann Wolbert Burgess, Allen G. Burgess
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The findings support juvenile murderers as being an inadequately treated, emotionally and behaviorally disturbed population with profound social problems.
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These findings support juvenile murderers as being an inadequately treated, emotionally and behaviorally disturbed population with profound social problems. The CCM proved to be a useful instrument for the classification of this sample.
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