Developmental and Life-course Criminological Theories (The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology) - Hardcover

McGee, Tara Renae; Mazerolle, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754629643 ISBN 13: 9780754629641

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

The developmental and life-course perspective in criminology came to prominence during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s a number of theories were developed to explain offending behavior over the life-course. This volume brings together theoretical statements, empirical tests and debates of these major theories within the developmental and life-course criminology perspective. In the first section of the book, original theoretical statements are provided and this is followed by a section which includes empirical tests of each of these theories conducted by researchers other than the original theorists. The final section of the book provides a summary of the major debates both within the developmental and life-course perspective and also between this perspective and others within criminology. This comprehensive volume provides an informative overview of the developmental and life-course perspective in criminology.

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About the Author

Tara Renae McGee is Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Australia and Paul Mazerolle is Pro Vice Chancellor (Arts, Education and Law) at Griffith University, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754629643
• ISBN 13: 9780754629641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 536