Testing Moffitt's account of delinquency abstention

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-54

  Piquero, Alex R ^a,b,c   Brezina, Timothy ^d   Turner, Michael G ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c MacArthur Found's Research Network   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^f BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstainers; Delinquency; Peers; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; DELINQUENCY ABSTENTION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 11844273331     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427804266559     Document Type: Review

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