Trajectories of change in criminal offending: Good marriages and the desistance process

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-238

  Laub, John H ^a,d,e   Nagin, Daniel S ^b   Sampson, Robert J ^c,f  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Radcliffe College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000863268     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657324     Document Type: Article

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