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The Development of Persistent Criminality (Hardcover)
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The Development of Persistent Criminality (Hardcover)
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The Development of Persistent Criminality addresses one of the most
pressing problems of modern criminology: Why do some individuals
become chronic, persistent offenders? Because chronic offenders are
responsible for the majority of serious crimes committed,
understanding which individuals will become chronic offenders is an
important step in helping us develop interventions. This volume
bridges the gap between the criminological literature, which has
recently focused on the existence of various criminal trajectories,
and the developmental psychology literature, which has focused on
risk factors for conduct problems and delinquency. In it, chapters
by some of the most widely published authors in this area unite to
contribute to a knowledge base which will be the next major
milestone in the field of criminology. The authors of this volume
represent a unique gathering of international, interdisciplinary
social problem so that we can prevent the enormous human and
economic costs associated with serious crimes, these authors share
their insights and findings on topics such as families and
parenting, poverty, stressful life events, social support, biology
and genetics, early onset, foster care, educational programs for
juvenile offenders, deterrence, and chronic offending among
females. Significant attention is paid throughout to longitudinal
studies of offending. Several authors also share new theoretical
approaches to understanding persistence and chronicity in
offending, including an expansion of the conceptualization of the
etiology of self-control, a discussion of offender resistance to
social control, a dynamic developmental systems approach to
understanding offending in young adulthood, and the application of
Wikstrom's situational action theory to persistent offending."
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