Low self-control and opportunity: Testing the general theory of crime as an explanation for gender differences in delinquency

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-72

  LaGrange, Teresa C ^b   Silverman, Robert A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038598902     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00479.x     Document Type: Article

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