Crime and the Life Course

Michael L. Benson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2012 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-99493-4 (ISBN)

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In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Lifecourse: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and theory on the life-course approach to crime. The book emphasizes a conceptual understanding of this approach. A special feature is the integration of qualitative and quantitative research on criminal life histories. This book:

provides an overview of the life course approach and describes the major concepts and issues in lifecourse theory as it applies to criminology

reviews evidence on biological and genetic influences on crime

reviews research on the role of the family in crime and juvenile delinquency

provides a detailed discussion of the criminological lifecourse theories of Moffitt, Hagan, Sampson and Laub, and others

discusses the connections between youthful crime and adult outcomes in education, occupation, and marriage

presents an application of the lifecourse approach to white-collar crime

discusses how macro sociological and historical developments have influenced the shape of the lifecourse in American society as it relates to patterns in crime.

Michael L. Benson is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. He is a past President of the White-Collar Crime Research Consortium. In addition to numerous journal articles on white-collar crime, he co-authored White Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective and Combating Corporate Crime: Local Prosecutors at Work.

1. An Overview of Life Course Theory and Research

2. Biology and Behavior: The Launch Pad

3. The Family: Initial Trajectories

4. Adolescence and Crime: Continuity and Change

5. Adulthood: Desistance, Persistence, and Human Agency

6. History, Social Change, and the Life Course

7. What Can Be Done? Intervening in the Life Course

8. Crime and the Life Course: Summing Up

Appendix: The Life Course Perspective and White-Collar Crime

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.9.2012
Reihe/Serie	Criminology and Justice Studies
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-415-99493-4 / 0415994934
ISBN-13	978-0-415-99493-4 / 9780415994934
Zustand	Neuware