Work, income support, and crime in the dutch welfare state: A longitudinal study following vulnerable youth into adulthood

Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 545-570

  Verbruggen, Janna ^a   Apel, Robert ^b   Van Der Geest, Victor R ^c,d   Blokland, Arjan A J ^c,e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criminal career; Employment; Gender differences; High risk sample; Income support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954477056     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12080     Document Type: Article

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