Sex offenders and sex offending in the cambridge study in delinquent development: Prevalence, frequency, specialization, recidivism, and (dis)continuity over the life-course

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-426

  Piquero, Alex R ^a   Farrington, David P ^b   Jennings, Wesley G ^c   Diamond, Brie ^a   Craig, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity; Criminal careers; Longitudinal; Sex offenders; Sex offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050113109     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2012.688527     Document Type: Article

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