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Continuity and Change in Criminal Offending by California Youth Authority Parolees Released 1965-1984

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Principal Investigator(s): Piquero, Alex R.; Brame, Robert; Mazerolle, Paul; Haapanen, Rudy

Summary: This research project used longitudinal data on 524 serious male juvenile offenders released from California Youth Authority (CYA) institutions from 1965-1984 to examine the relationship between changes in local life circumstances (marriage, employment, drug use, alcohol use, street time) and criminal offending. In particular, the project extended previous research on criminal careers by developing and applying an empirical model that accounted for the joint distribution of violent and no... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03136.v1

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