Extending the study of continuity and change: Gender differences in the linkage between adolescent and adult offending

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-243

  Piquero, Alex R ^a   Brame, Robert ^b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Criminal convictions; Gender; Mixture models; Poisson processes; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144429907     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-005-2494-3     Document Type: Article

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