Developmental and life-course criminology are both concerned with the study of changes in offending and problem behaviors over time. Developmental studies in criminology focus on psychological factors that influence the onset and persistence of criminal behavior, while life-course studies analyze how changes in social arrangements, like marriage, education or social networks, can lead to changes in offending. Though each perspective is clearly concerned with patterns of offending and problem behavior over time, the literature on each is spread across various disciplines, including criminology & criminal justice, psychology, and sociology.The Oxford Handbook on Developmental and Life-Course Criminology offers the first comprehensive survey of these two approaches together. Edited by three noted authorities in the field, the volume provides in-depth critical reviews of the development of offending, developmental and life-course theories, development correlates and risk/protective factors, life transitions and turning points, and effective developmental interventions from the world's leading scholars. In the first two sections, the contributors provide overviews of specific criminal career parameters, including age-crime curve, prevalence/frequency of offending, and co-offending, and review the main theoretical frameworks in the developmental and life-course criminology areas. They further summarize some of the empirical literature on known developmental correlates and risk/protective factors associated with longitudinal patterns of offending in the next section. The fourth section focuses on life transitions and turning points as they may relate to persistence in-or desistance from-criminal activity into adulthood, while the final section examines the genesis of antisocial, delinquent, and criminal activity, its maintenance, and its cessation.A state of the art overview on the topic, this Handbook aims to be the most authoritative resource on all issues germane to developmental and life-course criminologists and provides next steps for further research.

Foreword by Francis T. CullenPrefaceList of ContributorsSection I: IntroductionChapter 1: Developmental and Life-course CriminologyLila Kazemian, David P. Farrington, and Alex R. PiqueroSection II: The Development of OffendingChapter 2: Age and CrimeChester L. BrittChapter 3: Age of Onset and Offending BehaviorElaine Eggleston Doherty and Sarah BaconChapter 4: Specialization and Versatility in OffendingPaul Mazerolle and Samara McPhedranChapter 5: Acceleration, Deceleration, Escalation, and De-escalationWesley G. Jennings and Bryanna Hahn FoxChapter 6: Persistence and DesistanceSiyu Liu and Shawn D. BushwayChapter 7: Trajectories of Criminal Behavior across the Life CourseJulien MorizotChapter 8: Co-offendingSarah B. van Mastrigt and Peter CarringtonSection III: Developmental and Life-course TheoriesChapter 9: The Developmental TaxonomyTara Renae McGee and Terrie E. MoffittChapter 10: Developmental Pathways to Conduct Problems and Serious Forms of DelinquencyRolf LoeberChapter 11: The Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) Theory: New Empirical TestsDavid P. Farrington and Tara Renae McGeeChapter 12: The Interconnected Development of Personal Controls and Antisocial BehaviorMarc Le BlancChapter 13: The Social Development ModelChristopher Cambron, Richard F. Catalano, and J. David HawkinsChapter 14: Interactional TheoryTerence P. Thornberry and Marvin D. KrohnChapter 15: The Dynamics of Change: Criminogenic Interactions and Life Course Patterns in CrimePer-Olof H. Wikstrom and Kyle TreiberChapter 16: The Age-graded Theory of Informal Social ControlJohn H. Laub, Zachary R. Rowan, and Robert J. SampsonSection IV: Developmental Correlates and Risk/Protective FactorsChapter 17: Biosocial Influences on Offending across the Life CourseOlivia Choy, Jill Portnoy, Adrian Raine, Rheanna J. Remmel, Robert Schug, Catherine Tuvblad, and Yaling YangChapter 18: Personality and Other Individual Influences on OffendingDarrick Jolliffe and David P. FarringtonChapter 19: Family Influences on Youth OffendingAbigail A. Fagan and Kristen M. BenediniChapter 20: Peer Influences on OffendingChristopher J. Sullivan, Kristina K. Childs, and Shaun GannChapter 21: Schools and the Pathway to CrimeDebra J. PeplerChapter 22: Developmental Influences of Substance Use on Criminal OffendingHelene Raskin WhiteSection V: Life Transitions and Turning PointsChapter 23: The Impact of Changes in Family Situations on Persistence and Desistance from CrimeDelphine Theobald, David P. Farrington, and Alex R. PiqueroChapter 24: Employment, Crime, and the Life CourseJukka Savolainen, Mikko Aaltonen, and Torbjorn SkardhamarChapter 25: The Effects of Neighborhood Context and Residential Mobility on Criminal Persistence and DesistanceDavid S. KirkChapter 26: Religion and the MilitaryLeana A. Bouffard and Haerim JinChapter 27: The Effects of Juvenile System Processing on Subsequent Delinquency OutcomesAnthony Petrosino, Carolyn Petrosino, Sarah Guckenburg, Jenna Terrell, Trevor A. Fronius, and Kyungseok ChooChapter 28: Effects of incarcerationLila Kazemian and Allyson WalkerChapter 29: Desistance and Cognitive TransformationsSarah Anderson and Fergus McNeillChapter 30: Developmental and Life-course Findings on Women and GirlsLisa M. Broidy and Carleen M. ThompsonSection VI. Developmental InterventionsChapter 31: Family-based Programs for Preventing Delinquency and Later OffendingBrandon C. Welsh and Steven N. ZaneChapter 32: Developmental Preschool and School Programs against Violence and OffendingIzabela Zych and David P. FarringtonChapter 33: Cognitive-behavioral Treatment to Prevent Offending and to Rehabilitate OffendersGeorgia ZaraChapter 34: Cost-benefit Analysis of Developmental PreventionJobina Li and Cameron McIntoshSection VII. ConclusionsChapter 35: Conclusions and Implications for Developmental and Life-Course CriminologyDavid P. Farrington, Lila Kazemian, and Alex R. Piquero