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Journal of Criminology
Volume 2014, Article ID 320486, 20 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/320486
Research Article

Contemporaneous and Lagged Effects of Life Domains and Substance Use: A Test of Agnew's General Theory of Crime and Delinquency

Fawn T. Ngo1 and Raymond Paternoster2

1College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Criminology, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
2Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, 2129 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20741, USA

Received 30 September 2013; Revised 30 November 2013; Accepted 2 December 2013; Published 27 January 2014

Academic Editor: Kevin M. Beaver

Copyright © 2014 Fawn T. Ngo and Raymond Paternoster. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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