Ensnared into Crime: A preliminary test of moffitt's snares hypothesis in a national sample of African Americans

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-200

  Higgins, George E ^a   Bush, Michael D ^b   Marcum, Catherine D ^c   Ricketts, Melissa L ^d   Kirchner, Emmaleigh E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Desisting; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956418153     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2010.502827     Document Type: Article

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