The Gottfredson-Hirschi critiques revisited: Reconciling self-control theory, criminal careers, and career criminals

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 520-537

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Career criminal; Criminal careers; Delinquency; Self control; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAREER CRIMINAL; CAREER CRIMINALITY INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL CAREER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RACE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SCREENING; SELF CONTROL; SELF CONTROL SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 50249129789     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07308553     Document Type: Review

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