The impact of imprisonment on marriage and divorce: A risk set matching approach

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-300

  Apel, Robert ^a   Blokland, Arjan A J ^b   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^c   van Schellen, Marieke ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incarceration; Marriage and divorce; Propensity score; Risk set matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952321212     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-009-9087-5     Document Type: Article

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