Changes in Criminal Offending around the Time of Marriage

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 608-615

  Lyngstad, Torkild H ^a   Skardhamar, Torbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

causal; desistance; marriage; Norway; panel data; registers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884558626     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427812469516     Document Type: Article

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