School punishment and interpersonal exclusion: Rejection, withdrawal, and separation from friends

School punishment and interpersonal exclusion: Rejection, withdrawal, and separation from friends Abstract School suspension is a common form of punishment in the United States that is disproportionately concentrated among racial…
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Structural discrimination and social stigma among individuals incarcerated for sexual offenses: Reentry across the rural–urban continuum

Structural discrimination and social stigma among individuals incarcerated for sexual offenses: Reentry across the rural–urban continuum Abstract The stigma associated with a felony conviction can impede the reentry process, and…
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Testing a rational choice model of “desistance:” Decomposing changing expectations and changing utilities

Testing a rational choice model of “desistance:” Decomposing changing expectations and changing utilities Abstract We argue that a rational choice framework can be used to explain declines in offending from…
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Linking parental incarceration and family dynamics associated with intergenerational transmission: A life‐course perspective*

Linking parental incarceration and family dynamics associated with intergenerational transmission: A life‐course perspective* Abstract Children experiencing parental incarceration face numerous additional disadvantages, but researchers have often relied on these other…
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Development of impulsivity and risk‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control*

Development of impulsivity and risk‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control* Abstract In Gottfredson and Hirschi's self‐control theory, introduced in 1990, they contend that self‐control is a unidimensional…
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