Onset of offending and life course among men convicted of murder

Homicide Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-271

  Dobash, Russell P ^a   Emerson Dobash, R ^a   Cavanagh, Kate ^b   Smith, Duncan ^a   Medina Ariza, Juanjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal careers; Life course; Multiple correspondence analysis; Murder; Onset of offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848878046     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767907306850     Document Type: Article

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