Mortality rates and causes of death of convicted Dutch criminals 25 years later

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-286

  Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal careers; Mortality; Offending trajectories; Unnatural death

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149107637     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427808317573     Document Type: Article

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