Explaining multiple patterns of offending across the life course and across generations

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 602, Issue , 2005, Pages 156-195

  Thornberry, Terence P ^a,b  

^a Institute of Behavioral Science Sociology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Desistance; Interactional theory; Late bloomers; Onset; Persistence; Rochester Intergenerational Study; Rochester Youth Development Study

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644447237     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205280641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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