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• Buikhuisen, W. (1989). "Explaining Juvenile Delinquency from a Biosocial Developmental Perspective." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 33(3): 185-196. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X8903300303

• Dobash, R.P., Emerson Dobash, R., Cavanagh, K., Smith, D., and Medina-Ariza, J. (2007). "Onset of Offending and Life Course Among Men Convicted of Murder." Homicide Studies, 11(4): 243-271. DOI: 10.1177/1088767907306850

• Slocum, L.A. (2010). "General Strain Theory and Continuity in Offending Over Time: Assessing and Extending GST Explanations of Persistence." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 26(2): 204-223. DOI: 10.1177/1043986209359850

• Stattin, H., Kerr, M., and Bergman, L.R. (2010). "On the Utility of Moffitt's Typology Trajectories in Long-Term Perspective." European Journal of Criminology, 7(6): 521-545. DOI: 10.1177/1477370810376573

• Turner, M.G., Hartman, J.L., and Bishop, D.M. (2007). "The Effects of Prenatal Problems, Family Functioning, and Neighborhood Disadvantage in Predicting Life-Course-Persistent Offending." Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34(10): 1241-1261. DOI: 10.1177/0093854807304829