Examining the overall and offense-specific criminal career lengths of a sample of serious offenders

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-37

  Ezell, Michael E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Career length; Criminal careers; Serious offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845432937     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128706294437     Document Type: Article

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