Exploring paradigms of crime reduction: An empirical longitudinal study

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-238

  Soothill, Keith ^b   Christoffersen, Mogens N ^b   Hussain, M Azhar ^b   Francis, Brian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crime recruitment; Locality; Parental factors; Risk of first offending; Theory testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249140058     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp076     Document Type: Article

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