"might not be a tomorrow": A multimethods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1091-1129

  Brezina, Timothy ^a   Tekin, Erdal ^a   Topalli, Volkan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalism; Risk taking; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949097362     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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