Incarceration and the formation and stability of marital unions

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 721-734

  Lopoo, Leonard M ^a   Western, Bruce ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarceration; Marital dissolution; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745311452     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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