The generalizability of self-control theory

The Many Faces of Youth Crime: Contrasting Theoretical Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency across Countries and Cultures

Volumn 9781441994554, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-325

  Marshall, Ineke Haen ^a   Enzmann, Dirk ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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