Early conduct problems, school achievement and later crime: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Jakobsen, Ida Skytte ^a   Fergusson, David ^b   Horwood, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult criminal behaviour; Conduct problems; Crime prevention; Formal educational qualifications; Longitudinal study; New zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867465426     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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