Disengaging From Gangs and Desistance From Crime

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-500

  Sweeten, Gary ^a   Pyrooz, David C ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

criminal offending; desistance; embeddedness; gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879164327     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.723033     Document Type: Article

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