Explaining the relationship between age and crime: Contributions from the developmental literature on personality

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Blonigen, Daniel M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Antisocial behavior; Crime; Emerging adulthood; Personality development

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; GENDER BIAS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 71249117303     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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