Genetic, maternal, school, intelligence, and media use predictors of adult criminality: A longitudinal test of the catalyst model in adolescence through early adulthood

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-460

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Ivory, James D ^b   Beaver, Kevin M ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; child development; computer games; criminal behavior; genetics; mass media; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PEDIATRICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84878589571     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2013.785457     Document Type: Article

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