Betwixt and between: The role of psychosocial factors in the early stages of desistance

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-438

  Healy, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CRIME PICS; Ireland; LSI R; PICTS; primary desistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958016235     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810375574     Document Type: Article

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