Marriage and Involvement in Crime: A Consideration of Reciprocal Effects in a Nationally Representative Sample

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-256

  Barnes, J C ^a   Golden, Kristin ^b   Mancini, Christina ^c   Boutwell, Brian B ^d   Beaver, Kevin M ^b   Diamond, Brie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desistance; instrumental variables; life course transitions; marriage; reciprocal effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893113092     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.641577     Document Type: Article

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