Discussion Papers no. 678

The roles of gender and partner’s criminal involvement

Crime and the transition to marriage

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Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies have focused on men and have given little attention to the characteristics of their partner and events related to changes in offending. In this article, we use Norwegian registry data to study changes in the criminal propensity for all persons who married between 1995 and 2001 (117,882 women and 120,912 men). We link data on individuals to data on their marital partners and obtain information on partners’ criminal histories. We find that the changes in offending rates related to marriage are anticipatory and strongest for men. The changes in offending vary substantially by partner’s criminal history.

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Tittel

Crime and the transition to marriage. The roles of gender and partner’s criminal involvement

Ansvarlige

Christian Weisæth Monsbakken, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad, Torbjørn Skarðhamar

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 678

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

ISSN

1892-753X

Antall sider

27

Målform

Engelsk

Om Discussion Papers

Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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