Adult-onset offenders: Is a tailored theory warranted?

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-81

  Beckley, Amber L ^a,b   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,c,d   Harrington, Honalee ^a   Houts, Renate M ^a   Mcgee, Tara Renae ^e   Morgan, Nick ^f   Schroeder, Felix ^a   Ramrakha, Sandhya ^g   Poulton, Richie ^g   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Home Office Science   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult onset offending; Dunedin; Life course criminology; Longitudinal; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962044921     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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