Long-term patterns of offending in women

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-107

  Block, Carolyn ^a   Blokland, Arjan A J ^b   van der Werff, Cornelia ^d   van Os, Rianne ^b   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^c  

^a Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority   (United States)

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

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Criminal careers; Developmental and life course criminology; Gendered life span pathways; Women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649256727     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085109356520     Document Type: Article

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