The influence of gender, low birth weight, and disadvantaged environment in predicting early onset of offending: A test of moffitt's interactional hypothesis

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 843-878

  Tibbetts, Stephen G ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^a  

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EID: 0038832920     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00507.x     Document Type: Article

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