Pandora's box: The consequences of low self-control into adulthood

Handbook of Life-Course Criminology: Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 261-273

  DeLisi, Matt ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Crime; Personality; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019407955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5113-6_15     Document Type: Chapter

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