Beschreibung:
Most people engage in crime at some point in their lives, but why does almost everybody stop soon after? And, why do a small number of offenders persist in crime? These two questions constitute the core of the field often known as life-course criminology.
Chapter 1: Life-Course Criminology: An IntroductionChapter 2: Criminological Theories and Criminal CareersChapter 3: Life-Course Theories of Crime and DevianceChapter 4: The Methodologies of Life-Course CriminologyChapter 5: Risk and Prediction of Criminal CareersChapter 6: Onset of CrimeChapter 7: Continuity in Offending: PersistenceChapter 8: Desistance from CrimeChapter 9: Looking Back; Looking Forward