The first-time adult-onset offender: Findings from a community corrections cohort

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 949-981

  Harris, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

adult onset offending; community supervision; first time offenders; probation

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 80052304517     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10372110     Document Type: Article

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