Turning Points and the Future of Life-Course Criminology: Reflections on the 1986 Criminal Careers Report

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 321-335

  Sampson, Robert J ^a   Laub, John H ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; criminological theory; developmental theory; life course theory

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; OFFENDER; SOCIAL CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84963704458     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427815616992     Document Type: Article

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