A Reconceptualized Model of Self-Control and Crime: Specifying the Role of Self-Control Variability

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 662-679

  Pratt, Travis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; deviance; self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930509284     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854814557888     Document Type: Article

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