Analyzing the Origins of Life-Course-Persistent Offending: A Consideration of Environmental and Genetic Influences

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-540

  Barnes, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

biosocial criminology; Gene Environment interaction; genes; Moffitt taxonomy; nonshared environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875978189     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854812458907     Document Type: Article

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