The Measures of criminal attitudes and associates (Mcaa): Further testing of structural and criterion-related validity

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1398-1410

  Bäckström, Martin ^a   Björklund, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisocial associates; Antisocial attitudes; Individual differences; MCAA; Offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749135458     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808322239     Document Type: Article

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