Criminal offending among males and females between ages 15 and 30 in a population-based nationwide 1981 birth cohort: Results from the FinnCrime Study

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1269-1279

  Elonheimo, Henrik ^a   Gyllenberg, David ^a,c   Huttunen, Jukka ^a   Ristkari, Terja ^a   Sillanmäki, Lauri ^a   Sourander, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Crime; Epidemiology; Follow up; Gender; Offending

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIOLENCE; AGE; DRUG TRAFFIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; DRUG TRAFFICKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907615061     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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