The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liberman, Akiva M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.

Criminology has long been concerned with many questions that are inherently longitudinal. What is the developmental life-course of criminal behavior? Is there one general offending pattern or multiple offending patterns? Which early risk factors, if any, are strongly predictive of criminal behavior?...