TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - Medical histories of delinquent and nondelinquent children: an epidemiological study
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Lewis, D. O.
A1  - Shanok, S. S.
SP  - 1020
EP  - 1025
VL  - 134
IS  - 9
N2  - The authors studies the hospital records of 109 delinquent children and a matched comparison group of 109 nondelinquent children. The number, reasons for, and timing of hospital contacts significantly differentiated the delinquent from the nondelinquent children; perinatal difficulties did not. The authors hypothesize that an interaction of developmental factors and parental inadequacies accounts for the clustering of hospital contacts before age 4 and between ages 14 and 16 in the delinquent sample. They discuss the implications of their findings for prevention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -