Moral reasoning of adolescent male offenders: Comparison of sexual and nonsexual offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-118

  Ashkar, Peter J ^a   Kenny, Dianna T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent offenders; Moral development; Moral reasoning; Nonsexual offenders; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846161624     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806288118     Document Type: Article

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