More Alike Than Different: Assortative Mating and Antisocial Propensity in Adulthood

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1240-1254

  Boutwell, Brian B ^a   Beaver, Kevin M ^b   Barnes, J C ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; assortative mating; criminal propensity; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864708965     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854812445715     Document Type: Article

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