The Development of Criminal Style in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Separating the Lemmings from the Loners

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-346

  Goldweber, Asha ^a   Dmitrieva, Julia ^b   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^c   Piquero, Alex R ^d   Steinberg, Laurence ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Causes correlates of juvenile delinquency; Juvenile delinquency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ARIZONA; CRIMINALS; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79651475289     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9534-5     Document Type: Article

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