"Man's best possession": period effects in the association between marriage and offending

TY - JOUR

T1 - "Man's best possession": period effects in the association between marriage and offending

AU - Beijers, J.

AU - Bijleveld, C.

AU - van Poppel, F.W.A.

N1 - Reporting year: 2012

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - We assess to what extent the associations between marriage and offending differ for high-risk men marrying in two distinct periods: 1930–70 and 1971–2006. Between these two periods, power relations between the sexes, laws governing marriage and in general the role and expectations attached to marriage differed. Based on these differences, we argue that – following two explanations for the ‘marriage effect’, that is the control and the social capital explanation – a different effect of marriage is expected for the two marriage cohorts. Our results confirm these expectations and thus provide support for both explanations. keywords: criminal careers; desistance; history; marriage; the Netherlands; period effects

AB - We assess to what extent the associations between marriage and offending differ for high-risk men marrying in two distinct periods: 1930–70 and 1971–2006. Between these two periods, power relations between the sexes, laws governing marriage and in general the role and expectations attached to marriage differed. Based on these differences, we argue that – following two explanations for the ‘marriage effect’, that is the control and the social capital explanation – a different effect of marriage is expected for the two marriage cohorts. Our results confirm these expectations and thus provide support for both explanations. keywords: criminal careers; desistance; history; marriage; the Netherlands; period effects

U2 - 10.1177/1477370812448330

DO - 10.1177/1477370812448330

M3 - Article

SN - 1477-3708

VL - 9

SP - 425

EP - 441

JO - European Journal of Criminology

JF - European Journal of Criminology

IS - 4

ER -