Parental criminality and children’s family-life trajectories: Findings for a mid-20th century cohort

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 379-396

  Huschek, Doreen ^a,b   Bijleveld, Catrien ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demographic behavior; Incarcerated parents; Intergenerational transmission; Life course; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946032097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17579597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14301/llcs.v6i4.282     Document Type: Article

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