Self-control, moral beliefs, and criminal activity

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-71

  Schoepfer, Andrea ^a,b   Piquero, Alex R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Criminology Law and Society ^*  (United States)

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EID: 29144434015     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016396290968326     Document Type: Article

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