Measuring long term individual trajectories of offending using multiple methods

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-286

  Bushway, Shawn D ^a   Sweeten, Gary ^b   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^c,d,e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desistance; Growth curves; Life course; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249119360     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-009-9070-1     Document Type: Article

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