Low self-control and fraud: Offending, victimization, and their overlap

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-203

  Holtfreter, Kristy ^a   Reisig, Michael D ^a   Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fraud; Low self control; Offending; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949124375     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809354977     Document Type: Article

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