Testing Moffitt's neuropsychological variation hypothesis for the prediction of life-course persistent offending

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-215

  Piquero, Alex ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal behavior; Life course persistent offending; Neuropsychological risk; Verbal deficits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035739126     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160108401794     Document Type: Article

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