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.
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