Assessing the impact of first-time imprisonment on offenders' subsequent criminal career development: A matched samples comparison

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-257

  Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^a,b   Nagin, Daniel S ^c   Blokland, Arjan A J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal careers; Deterrence; Developmental trajectory; Imprisonment; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349095345     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-009-9069-7     Document Type: Article

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