Beschreibung:
Focusing on the transition between juvenile offending and adult crime, this book examines research based on Dutch, European and North-American studies on the persistence and discontinuity of offending between late adolescence and early adulthood. Presenting empirical studies showing why persistence or discontinuity take place, the book provides up-to-date information on preventive and remedial interventions to promote discontinuity of offending amongst young adults.
1: Introduction; 2: Criminal Career Patterns; 3: Disentangling Context Effects on Criminal Careers; 4: Explanations of Offending; 5: Vulnerable Youth in Pathways to Adulthood; 6: Risk Assessment and the Impact of Risk and Protective Factors; 7: Juveniles in Transition from Juvenile Justice to Adult Criminal Justice; 8: Offending and Justice Response at the Juvenile-Adult Interface; 9: Prevention Programmes in Early and Middle Childhood and Their Effect on Adult Crime; 10: Interventions; 11: European Perspectives; 12: Overview, Conclusions, and Policy and Research Recommendations