Exposure to violence in incarcerated youth from the city of São Paulo Exposição à violência entre jovens da cidade de São Paulo em privação de liberdade

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the extent of exposure to community violence among delinquent Brazilian youth in the 12-month period prior to their incarceration and to identify factors associated with this exposure. METHOD: With an oversampling of girls, a cross-section of youth under 18 y...

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Main Authors: Susan Huculak, John D. McLennan, Isabel A. S. Bordin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2011-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011000300011