Associations Between Cohabitation, Marriage, and Suspected Crime: a Longitudinal Within-Individual Study

The effects of marriage on criminal behavior have been studied extensively. As marriages today are typically preceded by cohabiting relationships, there is a growing need to clarify how different relationship types are associated with criminality, and how these effects may be modified by relationshi...

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Main Author: Airaksinen, Jaakko (Author)
Contributors: Aaltonen, Mikko ; Tarkiainen, Lasse ; Martikainen, Pekka ; Latvala, Antti
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-70
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