A three-dimensional, cumulative developmental model of serious delinquency

The Explanation of Crime: Context, Mechanisms, and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 153-194

  Loeber, Rolf ^a   Slot, N Wim ^b   Stouthamer Loeber, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489341.006     Document Type: Chapter

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