Exploring the Temporal Dynamics of the Neutralization/Delinquency Relationship

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 442-460

  Morris, Robert G ^a   Copes, Heith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

crime over the lifecourse; crime delinquency theory; individual theories of crime causation; property crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871362023     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016812456548     Document Type: Article

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