Examining Mate Similarity for Chronic and Non-chronic Criminal Behavior

A growing amount of research suggests that members of a mating couple tend to be similar to each other across a range of phenotypes. Mating couples, for instance, often evince similar levels of antisocial, violent, and aggressive behaviors. Whether this type of similarity extends across measures of...

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Authors: van de Weijer, Steve G. A. (Author) ; Boutwell, Brian B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 298-314
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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