Guilt and shame as predictors of recidivism: A longitudinal study with young prisoners

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-152

  Hosser, Daniela ^a,c   Windzio, Michael ^a,d   Greve, Werner ^b  

^a Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^c Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen (KFN)   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Moral emotions; Relapse; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349076336     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807309224     Document Type: Article

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