Self-Control Theory: Research Issues

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 153-168

  Piquero, Alex R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Crime; Crime Type; Deviant Behavior; Situational Crime Prevention; Social Control Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960837911     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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