Although several established theories of crime often suggest an association between socio-economic background and youth …

Research on desistance from crime has paid little attention to parenthood as a “turning point”. In this paper, we use …

Previous studies have identified an “immigrant paradox” in crime in which crime rates are highest among immigrants who … networks favour the young. We use Norwegian registry data to estimate the probability of committing at least one crime in any … negative association between age at immigration and registered crime, which seems to be exaggerated by the residual effect of …

We estimate the effect of exposure to plant closure on crime using an individual-level panel data set containing … subsequently closed are 14 percent more likely to be charged of a crime than comparable men in stable plants. There is no … difference in charge rates prior to closure, supporting a causal interpretation of our result. Within crime categories, we find …

desistance from crime. However, the effects of these events only apply to those experiencing them and do not necessarily explain … last recorded crime. Results: Of those who terminated their criminal career, 10 percent got married, 22 percent had a child …