Strained lives and crime: Examining intra-individual variation in strain and offending in a sample of incarcerated women

Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1067-1110

  Slocum, Lee Ann ^a   Simpson, Sally S ^a   Smith, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; General strain theory; High risk population; Individual change

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144462346     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2005.00033.x     Document Type: Review

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