The offending trajectories of youthful Aboriginal offenders

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-472

  Yessine, Annie K ^a   Bonta, James ^b  

^a National Crime Prevention Centre   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal offenders; Growth modelling; Offending trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349092406     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.51.4.435     Document Type: Article

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