Jail or the army: Does military service facilitate desistance from crime?

After Crime and Punishment: Pathways to Offender Reintegration

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 129-151

  Allen, Leana ^a   Laub, John H ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84925734975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843924203     Document Type: Chapter

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