Processes of intermittency in criminal careers: Notes from a Swedish study on life courses and crime

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 913-938

  Carlsson, Christoffer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

desistance from crime; human agency; intermittency; life course; life history narratives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CRIME; DESISTANCE FROM CRIME; HUMAN; HUMAN AGENCY; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERMITTENCY; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE COURSE; LIFE HISTORY NARRATIVES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY;

DESISTANCE FROM CRIME; HUMAN AGENCY; INTERMITTENCY; LIFE COURSE; LIFE HISTORY NARRATIVES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CRIME; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRISONERS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875520119     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X12443656     Document Type: Article

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