The effects of parental divorce on the intergenerational transmission of crime

Societies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-108

  van de Weijer, Steve G A ^a,b   Thornberry, Terence P ^c   Bijleveld, Catrien C J H ^a,b   Blokland, Arjan A J ^b,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure; Intergenerational transmission; Parental crime; Parental divorce; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993541320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/soc5010089     Document Type: Article

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