Should policy implications be drawn from research on the effects of getting married on offending?: A response to Lyngstad and Skardhamar

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Theobald, Delphine ^a   Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952608291     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370810361434     Document Type: Article

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