The adolescence-adulthood transition and Robins's continuity paradox: Criminal career patterns of juvenile and adult sex offenders in a prospective longitudinal birth cohort study

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-163

  Lussier, Patrick ^a   Blokland, Arjan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84897664351     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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