Self-control in a criminal sample: An examination of construct validity

Criminology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-228

  Longshore, Douglas ^a   Turner, Susan ^b   Stein, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0008524224     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1996.tb01203.x     Document Type: Article

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