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Social Class and the Young Offender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. Palmai ,
P. B. Storey  and
O. Briscoe
G. Palmai
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, London, S.E.5
P. B. Storey
Affiliation:
St. George's Hospital, London, S.W.1
O. Briscoe
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia; The Maudsley Hospital
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Extract

This study is an investigation of the social class background of a randomly selected sample of young people appearing in the London Juvenile Courts; and of the relationships between their social class and sex and the number and types of offences with which they were charged.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 503 , October 1967 , pp. 1073 - 1082
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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