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British Journal of Criminology Advance Access originally published online on January 6, 2009
British Journal of Criminology 2009 49(3):285-304; doi:10.1093/bjc/azn084
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The British Journal of Criminology 49:285-304 (2009)
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Work, Family and Criminal Desistance

Adult Social Bonds in a Nordic Welfare State

Jukka Savolainen*

* School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, CPACS Room 218, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0149, USA; jsavolainen{at}unomaha.edu.


  Abstract

This research presents an application of Sampson and Laub's theory of age-graded informal social control in a national environment in which the structural and cultural contexts of work and family are radically different from the United States, where the theory was developed. Focused on a sample of Finnish recidivists, the study examines the role of work, parenthood, marriage and cohabitation in the process of criminal desistance. The study finds empirical support for the basic assumptions of the theory as well as the general contention that the restraining capacity of adult life course transitions is sensitive to the cultural context in which they are embedded.


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