An empirical test of a general theory of crime: A four-nation comparative study of self-control and the prediction of deviance

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-131

  Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a   Pickering, Lloyd E ^a   Junger, Marianne ^a   Hessing, Dick ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0035717119     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427801038002001     Document Type: Article

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