We construct linked register data on five Norwegian birth cohorts, covering: criminal charges after age 15; family … characteristics and history up to age 15; and (for males) IQ test scores. A longitudinal analysis of the risk of initiation into crime … disruptive family events including divorce or maternal death during childhood. There is a relationship between continuity of …

offending rates five years prior to and after five different family-related transitions. Leading criminological theories predict … that marriage and fatherhood has a preventive effect on crime, with marriage receiving most support by empirical research …. The last decades’ major changes in family patterns warrant a re-examination of the marriage effect. We argue that marriage …

, where the family doctor principle in Denmark and Great Britain is compared with the free choice of doctors in Germany and …This paper compares health services for children in Denmark, Germany, Austria and Great Britain using the following … to a lesser extent than the national health systems of Denmark and Great Britain. Due to the closer doctorpatient …