A Longitudinal Study of Delinquency Abstention: Differences Between Life-Course Abstainers and Offenders From Adolescence Into Adulthood

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-291

  Johnson, Matthew C ^a   Menard, Scott ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abstention; criminological theory; delinquency; longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861918764     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204011427714     Document Type: Article

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