Low self-control and contact with the criminal justice system in a nationally representative sample of males

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-715

  Beaver, Kevin M ^a   Delisi, Matt ^b   Mears, Daniel P ^c   Stewart, Eric ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; General theory; Offender; Police contacts; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350774015     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802593352     Document Type: Article

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