Self-control, social bonds, and desistance: A test of life-course interdependence

Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 807-833

  Doherty, Elaine Eggleston ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal propensity; Desistance; Life course; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845651857     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2006.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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