Child maltreatment and offending behavior: Gender-specific effects and pathways

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 492-510

  Topitzes, James ^a   Mersky, Joshua P ^a   Reynolds, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult crime; child maltreatment; gender; juvenile delinquency; mediation analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953871594     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854811398578     Document Type: Article

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