Handbook of Life-Course Criminology Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gibson, Chris L. (Editor), Krohn, Marvin D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Consciousness.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Personality and Social Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5113-6

The Handbook of Life-Course Criminology covers genetics and environment, child offenders and late bloomers, the impact of school and peers, lifelong and time-limited criminal careers, and qualitative and quantitative methodologies. This unique Handbook is further set apart by its dual coverage of th...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Physical Aggression in Childhood
• Biology and Crime
• Molecular Genetics and the Environment
• Genetic Plasticity
• Neighborhood Effects on the Development of Childhood Aggression and Interpersonal Violence
• The Impact of Schooling Across the Life-Course
• Unstructured Time Spent with Peers and Its Impact on Persistent Criminal Involvement
• Adolescent-Limited Offenders
• The Long Term Impact of Adolescent Gang Membership
• Peer Networks
• Adult Onset and the Late Bloomer Phenomenon
• Employment and Crime in the Emerging Adulthood Years
• Quantitative Research on Desistance
• Qualitative Research on Disistance
• Propensity for Crime and Adult Outcomes
• Communities that Care Programs
• The State of Prevention and Intervention Strategies Over the Lifecourse
• Re-entry over the Life Course.