Understanding Race/Ethnicity Differences in Offending Across the Life Course: Gaps and Opportunities

Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-32

  Piquero, Alex R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Life course; Longitudinal; Offending; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958041769     PISSN: 21994641     EISSN: 2199465X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40865-015-0004-3     Document Type: Article

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