Citation

Greenberg DF. Am. J. Sociol. 1985; 91(1): 1-21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/228242

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Hirschi and Gottfredson have recently argued that proposed sociological explanations of the observed relationship between age and crime are in error. This present article contends that their arguments rest on faulty logic and on misstatements of the empirical evidence currently available.