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Jail or the Army: Does Military Service Facilitate Desistance From Crime?

Bouffard, Leana Allen
June 4, 2015

Source: (2004) In, Shadd Maruna and Russ Immarigeon, eds, After Crime and Punishment: Pathways to Offender Reintegration. Devon, UK and Portland Oregon: Willan Publishing. Pp. 129-151.

In order to determine whether military service facilitates desistance from crime, this study examined the relationship between military service and later criminal behavior across different time periods. Abstract courtesy of National Criminal Justice Reference Service, www.ncjrs.org.

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