Understanding the cycle: Childhood maltreatment and future crime

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 509-549

  Currie, Janet ^a,b   Tekin, Erdal ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863089965     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.47.2.509     Document Type: Article

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