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

that marriage and fatherhood has a preventive effect on crime, with marriage receiving most support by empirical research …

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 …

without civilian jobs to go to, many countries got an oversupply of qualified violent people for crime, warfare and private …