Citation

Boutwell BB, Beaver KM. Crim. Behav. Ment. Health 2008; 18(1): 59-74.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/cbm.678

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Background One of the more influential criminological theories advanced in recent years is Moffitt's developmental taxonomy. A line of research has tested the core propositions from her theory regarding the causes of life-course persistent offenders and the causes of adolescence-limited offenders, but very little research has investigated whether Moffitt's explanation of delinquency abstention is supported empirically.