Paternal Incarceration And The Medicalization Of Children’s Problem Behavior
Written by: Signe Hald Andersen, Jeppe Elholm Madsen, Peter Fallesen and Christopher Wildeman
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Criminal Justice Involvement, Transition to Fatherhood, and the Demographic Foundation of the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime
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Does the intergenerational transmission of crime depend on family complexity?
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Institutional Persistence: Involvements with Child Protective Services, the Criminal Justice System and Mental Health Services across Childhood, Adolescence and Early Adulthood in Denmark
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Signe Hald Andersen
Chief of Interventions, Research Professor
sha@rfintervention.dk
+45 20 69 82 82
Family and social conditions
Health and well-being

Peter Fallesen
Research Professor
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+45 61 33 31 84
Family and social conditions

Christopher Wildeman
Professor
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+1 609-462-6797
Family and social conditions
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