Low self-control and fraud offending

Journal of Financial Crime

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-307

  Holtfreter, Kristy ^a   Reisig, Michael D ^a   Pratt, Travis C ^a   Beaver, Kevin M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Crimes; Fraud; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993081797     PISSN: 13590790     EISSN: 17587239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13590791011056264     Document Type: Article

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