Family and employment status associated with women's criminal behavior

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 307-314

  Campbell, Carol S ^b   Robinson, James W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; STATISTICS; THEFT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; THEFT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031068659     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.307     Document Type: Article

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