Changes in criminal offending around the time of job entry: A study of employment and desistance

Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-291

  Skardhamar, Torbjørn ^a   Savolainen, Jukka ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desistance; Employment; Life course criminology; Norway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899619319     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12037     Document Type: Article

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