Family dissolution and children's criminal careers

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-223

  Skarohamar, Torbjørn ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Criminal careers; Family dissolution; Family welfare; Gamma poisson growth curve; Intergenerational transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549101648     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370809102165     Document Type: Article

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