Expanding the model of human nature underlying self-control theory: Implications for the constructs of self-control and opportunity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-84

  Wiebe, Richard P ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85047689553     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.37.1.65     Document Type: Review

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