by Holly Nguyen, Kyle J. Thomas, and Jennifer J. Tostlebe
Published: Aug 25, 2023
Employment theoretically serves as a source of informal social control that can promote desistance from crime (Sampson & Laub, 1993). Findings from studies assessing the effects of employment, however, have been mixed. In a seminal study, Uggen (2000) reanalyzed data from the ...