Predicting self harm in community young offenders: the importance of psychological variables

It is well established that young offenders show high rates of mental health problems and are at high risk for suicidal behaviour. Despite this, very little is known about the nature of self harm in young offenders and, crucially, what the best predictors of self harm are in this group. This is due...

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Main Author: Knowles, Sarah
Published: University of Nottingham 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.490990