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

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 678

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse ; Criminal Law ; Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: Other
• Subject: marriage ; crime ; social control ; gender ; assortative mating

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Monsbakken, Christian Weisæth ; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde ; Skardhamar, Torbjørn
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Statistics Norway, Research Department
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/192660
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET