Discussion Papers no. 579

An invitation to a broader perspective on crime and family traditions

Family formation, fatherhood and crime

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Using large-scale individual-level Norwegian administrative register data on the total population of men, we study the 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, cohabitation, and fatherhood all are important aspects of the family formation process. We find some support for the hypothesis that family formation inhibit criminal behaviors, but our results are less clear-cut than those reported by previous research. Most importantly, the declines in offending in the years prior to experiencing family transitions do not seem to be of a permanent nature.

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Tittel

Family formation, fatherhood and crime. An invitation to a broader perspective on crime and family traditions

Ansvarlige

Torbjørn Skar@dhamar, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 579

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

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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