Does Imprisonment Alter The Life Course? Evidence On Crime And Employment From A Natural Experiment

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-166

  Loeffler, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imprisonment; Life course; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874173287     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12000     Document Type: Article

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