Thoughts on the Analysis of Group-Based Developmental Trajectories in Criminology

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-490

  Brame, Robert ^a   Paternoster, Raymond ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; group based; longitudinal; trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864611158     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.585994     Document Type: Article

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