The all-volunteer force and crime: The effects of military participation on offending behavior

Armed Forces and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 329-351

  Craig, Jessica M ^a   Connell, Nadine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AVF; Desistance; Protective effect; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925051771     PISSN: 0095327X     EISSN: 15560848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X13507258     Document Type: Article

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