Is age important? Testing a general versus a developmental theory of antisocial behavior

Criminology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-48

  Jeglum Bartusch, Dawn R ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Silva, Phil A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*

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EID: 0346353771     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1997.tb00869.x     Document Type: Article

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