Work, family and criminal desistance: Adult social bonds in a nordic welfare state

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-304

  Savolainen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 68349106788     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azn084     Document Type: Article

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