Early developmental prevention of delinquency and later offending: Prospects and challenges

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-259

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a   Farrington, David P ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal offending; Delinquency; Early developmental prevention; Evidence based policy; Scientific evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013611468     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2009-3304     Document Type: Article

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