Deviancy training: Understanding how preventive interventions harm: The Academy of Experimental Criminology 2009 Joan McCord award lecture

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-243

  Gottfredson, Denise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviancy training; Experimental research; Harmful preventive interventions; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955226948     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9101-9     Document Type: Article

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