Desistance from serious and not so serious crime: A comparison of psychosocial risk factors

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-253

  Gunnison, Elaine ^a   Mazerolle, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Desistance; General offending; Persisters; Serious offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748814952     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786010701617649     Document Type: Article

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