The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Liberman, Akiva M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Θέματα: 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?...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• and Executive Summary
• Synthesizing Recent Longitudinal Findings
• Crime and the Life Course
• Taking Stock of Developmental Trajectories of Criminal Activity over the Life Course
• What we have Learned about Early Childhood and the Development of Delinquency
• Longitudinal Perspectives on Adolescent Street Gangs
• A Review of Research on the Impact on Crime of Transitions to Adult Roles
• Intervening in the Life-Course of Crime
• What have we Learned from Longitudinal Studies of Work and Crime?
• The Effect of Arrest and Justice System Sanctions on Subsequent Behavior: Findings from Longitudinal and Other Studies
• Future Directions
• Advancing Knowledge About Causes in Longitudinal Studies: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods.