Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies have focused on men and have given little attention to the characteristics of their partner and events related to changes in offending. In this article, we use Norwegian registry data to study changes in the criminal propensity for all persons who married between 1995 and 2001 (117,882 women and 120,912 men). We link data on individuals to data on their marital partners and obtain information on partners’ criminal histories. We find that the changes in offending rates related to marriage are anticipatory and strongest for men. The changes in offending vary substantially by partner’s criminal history. ---- Sammendrag: Ekteska...
This study examines the effect of marriage on the conditional probability of different types of seri...
The aim of this dissertation is to gain more insight into the relationship between marriage and crim...
Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadily increa...
Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most o...
Influential perspectives in life course criminology maintain that marriage leads to desistance from ...
Objectives. The authors investigate whether the argument from life-course criminology that marriage ...
Objectives: The authors investigate whether the argument from life-course criminology that marriage ...
Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadily increa...
Using large-scale individual-level Norwegian administrative register data on the total population of...
Abstract Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadi...
Summary: Partners in crime? The impact of criminal behaviour on marriage formation and partner selec...
Social bonding theories argue that marriage has a restraining effect on criminal offending. Given wh...
Working paper by Torkild Hovde Lyngstad & Torbjørn Skarðhamar, Understanding the Marriage Effect: Ch...
Aims.: Marriage is associated with a reduced rate of criminal recidivism, but the underlying mechani...
Research on desistance from crime has paid little attention to parenthood as a “turning point”. In t...
This study examines the effect of marriage on the conditional probability of different types of seri...
The aim of this dissertation is to gain more insight into the relationship between marriage and crim...
Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadily increa...
Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most o...
Influential perspectives in life course criminology maintain that marriage leads to desistance from ...
Objectives. The authors investigate whether the argument from life-course criminology that marriage ...
Objectives: The authors investigate whether the argument from life-course criminology that marriage ...
Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadily increa...
Using large-scale individual-level Norwegian administrative register data on the total population of...
Abstract Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadi...
Summary: Partners in crime? The impact of criminal behaviour on marriage formation and partner selec...
Social bonding theories argue that marriage has a restraining effect on criminal offending. Given wh...
Working paper by Torkild Hovde Lyngstad & Torbjørn Skarðhamar, Understanding the Marriage Effect: Ch...
Aims.: Marriage is associated with a reduced rate of criminal recidivism, but the underlying mechani...
Research on desistance from crime has paid little attention to parenthood as a “turning point”. In t...
This study examines the effect of marriage on the conditional probability of different types of seri...
The aim of this dissertation is to gain more insight into the relationship between marriage and crim...
Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has steadily increa...