Criminality and Family Formation: Effects of Marriage and Parenthood on Criminal Behavior for Men and Women

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1209-1234

  Zoutewelle Terovan, Mioara ^a,b   van der Geest, Victor ^a,b   Liefbroer, Aart ^a,c   Bijleveld, Catrien ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

desistance; developmental criminology; family formation; gender differences; high risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911104002     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128712441745     Document Type: Article

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