Developmental prevention of violence and criminality: Approaches and effects;Entwicklungsbezogene Prävention von Gewalt und Kriminalität: Ansätze und Wirkungen

Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-84

  Lösel, Friedrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood and youth; Delinquency; Developmental crime prevention; Evaluation; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860169445     PISSN: 18627072     EISSN: 18627080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11757-012-0159-2     Document Type: Review

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