Hen's teeth and horse's toes: The adult onset offender in criminology

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-172

  Sohoni, Tracy ^a   Paternoster, Ray ^a   McGloin, Jean Marie ^a   Bachman, Ronet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult offending; adult onset; desistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899815587     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2012.759884     Document Type: Article

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