The road to murder: The enduring criminogenic effects of juvenile confinement among a sample of adult career criminals

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-221

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Hochstetler, Andy ^a   Johnson, Gloria ^a   Caudill, Jonathan W ^b   Marquart, James W ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal careers; delinquent careers; homicide offending; juvenile confinement; murder

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958232728     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204010396107     Document Type: Article

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