The Effects of Employment on Longitudinal Trajectories of Offending: A Follow-Up of High-Risk Youth from 18 to 32 Years of Age* (original) (raw)

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Financial support from the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and the Harreveld juvenile justice institution is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) for facilitating part of our data collection. Direct correspondence to Victor van der Geest, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Free University (VU)

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  55. Victor van der Geest studied developmental psychology. He is an assis- tant professor at the VU University Amsterdam and a researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement. His research interests are recidivism, criminal careers, the intergenerational transmission of offending, and the effects of incarceration. Recent publica- tions have appeared in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and Psychology, Crime & Law. Catrien Bijleveld studied social science methodology and criminal law. She is a senior researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement and a professor of research methods in crim- inology at the VU University Amsterdam. Her research interests are crim- inal careers, the intergenerational transmission of offending, sex offenders, and genocide and gross human rights violations. Recent publications have appeared in the book Sudan's Wars and Peace Agreements (eds. S. Beswick,