Saving children from a life of crime: Toward a national strategy for early prevention

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a   Farrington, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based prevention; National strategy; Risk focused prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347323986     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880601087233     Document Type: Article

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