Why do the crime-reducing effects of marriage vary with age?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-158

  Theobald, Delphine ^a   Farrington, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aggressive attitudes; drugs; long term low rate offender; marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751554143     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq060     Document Type: Article

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