Socioeconomic achievement in the life course of disadvantaged men: Military service as a turning point, circa 1940-1965

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-367

  Sampson, Robert J ^a   Laub, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

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EID: 0000624895     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096353     Document Type: Review

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