Search for dissertations about: "Life-Course Criminology"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Life-Course Criminology.
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1. Criminal Careers in the Long Run : Patterns and Predictions of Criminal Convictions across Age, Time, and Gender
Abstract : Why is it that a small proportion of the population accounts for the majority of crime? This question has stimulated a great deal of theoretical and methodological controversy in criminology. In essence, the debate is rooted in different theoretical underpinnings of continuity and change in crime, and the extent to which it is possible to foresee a life of crime by zeroing in on at-risk juvenile offenders. READ MORE
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2. Continuities and Changes in Criminal Careers
Abstract : The best predictor of future criminal behavior is past criminal behavior. At the same time, the vast majority of people who engage in crime are teenagers and stop offending with age. READ MORE
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3. Maintaining Desistance : Barriers and Expectations in Women's Desistance from Crime
Abstract : Maintaining desistance is about struggling. It is about leaving a destructive and unwanted way of life behind in pursuit of something else, something unknown, something 'normal'. READ MORE