Why some generations are more violent than others: Assessment of age, period, and cohort effects

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-160

  Fabio, Anthony ^a,f   Loeber, Rolf ^a   Balasubramani, G K ^b   Roth, Jeffrey ^c   Fu, Wenjiang ^d   Farrington, David P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort effect; Crime; Prospective studies; Social change; Social environment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; DRUG ABUSE; GANG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT EFFECT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745584342     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj172     Document Type: Article

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