A gendered perspective on the relationship between self-control and deviance

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-50

  Nofziger, Stacey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

BSRI; Deviance; Gender identity; Self Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649248249     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085109353892     Document Type: Article

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