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 …

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 …

associated with reduced risk after allowing for family history and circumstances. -- Norway ; Crime ; Family ; Cognitive ability …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 …

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 …

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 …

challenging due to data availability and correlated unobservables. This paper overcomes these challenges in the context of Norway …'s criminal justice system, offering new insights into how incarceration affects subsequent crime and employment. We construct a …. Exploring factors that may explain the preventive effect of incarceration, we find the decline in crime is driven by individuals …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on … potential offenders and victims, and a direct effect on sex crime propensity. To investigate the importance of these mechanisms …

. Using longitudinal data for Norway, we find that imprisonment has no effect on fathers' recidivism but reduces their …