Marriage and Offending among a Cohort of Disadvantaged African Americans

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-131

  Doherty, Elaine Eggleston ^a   Ensminger, Margaret E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

criminological theory; desistance from crime; developmental theories; life course theory; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873615448     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427811423106     Document Type: Article

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