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Neuropsychological Studies of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Violence

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Neuropsychology of Aggression

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Preparation of this chapter was supported by USPHS Grants MH-43746 and MH-45070, from the Antisocial and Violent Behavior Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health and by a grant from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School Research Committee.

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Moffitt, T.E., Henry, B. (1991). Neuropsychological Studies of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Violence. In: Milner, J.S. (eds) Neuropsychology of Aggression. Foundations of Neuropsychology, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3878-3_4

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