Prevalence, frequency, onset, desistance and criminal career duration in self-reports compared with official records

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 241-253

  Farrington, David P ^a   Ttofi, Maria M ^a   Crago, Rebecca V ^a   Coid, Jeremy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELINQUENCY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; AGGRESSION; CRIMINAL LAW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907890302     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: 14712857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.1930     Document Type: Article

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