The effects of marital breakdown on offending: Results from a prospective longitudinal survey of males

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-408

  Theobald, Delphine ^a   Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

broken home; intergenerational transmission; offending; propensity score; separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876141537     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2011.640635     Document Type: Article

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