The context of marriage and crime: Gender, the propensity to marry, and offending in early adulthood

Criminology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-65

  King, Ryan D ^a   Massoglia, Michael ^b   Macmillan, Ross ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Desistance; Gender; Marriage; Propensity score models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947182860     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2007.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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