Desistance from delinquency: The marriage effect revisited and extended

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 736-752

  Beaver, Kevin M ^a   Wright, John Paul ^b   DeLisi, Matt ^c   Vaughn, Michael G ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal career; Delinquency; Desistance; Genetics; Marriage

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE;

DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 43849110746     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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