Early prevention of life-course personal and property violence: A 19-year follow-up of the Montreal Longitudinal-Experimental Study (MLES)

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-427

  Vitaro, Frank ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^b   Giguère, Charles Édouard ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Disruptiveness; Follow up; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888074532     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-013-9188-x     Document Type: Article

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