Youth justice?: The impact of system contact on patterns of desistance from offending

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-345

  McAra, Lesley ^a   McVie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desistance from Offending; Evidence Based Policy; Minimal Intervention; Scottish Children's Hearing System

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250197562     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370807077186     Document Type: Article

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