Crime involvement and family formation: Evidence from the British birth cohort study

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-30

  Schoon, Ingrid ^a,b   Mullin, Annabel J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 85052198773     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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