Predicting adolescent and adult antisocial behavior among adjudicated delinquent females

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-33

  Cernkovich, Stephen A ^a   Lanctôt, Nadine ^b   Giordano, Peggy C ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family relationships; Fezmale crime and delinquency; Life course; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949022277     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128706294395     Document Type: Article

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