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The Relationship Between Head Injury and Violent Offending in Juvenile Detainees

Publication year: 2007 | Cataloged on: Jul. 04, 2007
ANNOTATION: The occurrence of severe violent offending by juvenile detainees with head injuries is examined. This report is comprised of the following sections: introduction; method; results for demographics, offense classification, head injuries (probability of having one, association between head injuries and violent offending, and probability of having committed a severely violent offense); discussion; and conclusion. There exists a "significant relationship between head injury and participation in severe violent crime in incarcerated juvenile offenders" (p. 13).
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