Investigating the stability of co-offending and co-offenders among a sample of youthful offenders

Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-188

  McGloin, Jean Marie ^a   Sullivan, Christopher J ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c   Bacon, Sarah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co offending; Criminal careers; Juvenile offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549120936     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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