Constancy and Change in the Prevalence and Frequency of Offending When Based on Longitudinal Self-reports or Official Records: Comparisons by Gender, Race, and Crime Type

Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 150-168

  Loeber, Rolf ^a   Farrington, David P ^b   Hipwell, Alison E ^a   Stepp, Stephanie D ^a   Pardini, Dustin ^a   Ahonen, Lia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age crime curve; Delinquency; Frequency; Police charges; Prevalence; Race; Self reports; Theft; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003640186     PISSN: 21994641     EISSN: 2199465X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40865-015-0010-5     Document Type: Article

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