Something old, something new: A preliminary investigation of Hirschi's redefined self-control

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-27

  Piquero, Alex R ^a,b,c,d,f   Bouffard, Jeff A ^e  

^a Department of Criminology Law and Society   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c National Consortium on Violence Research   (United States)

^d MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

General theory of crime; Gottfredson; Hirschi; Redefined self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847216920     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701200935     Document Type: Article

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