Crime and the Life Course

ISBN-13: 9780415994927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str.

Benson Michael; Michael Benson; Alexis Russell Piquero

Opis

In recent years the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and theory on the life-course approach to crime, emphasising a conceptual understanding of this approach.

Spis treści

1. An Overview of Lifecourse Theory and Research  2. Biology and the Family: Initial Trajectories  3. Adolescence and Crime: Continuity, Change, and Cumulating Disadvantages  4. Adulthood and Aging Criminals  5. White-Collar Crime and the Lifecourse  6. Historical and Structural Contexts

O autorze

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.