John Laub and Robert Sampson's long-term data, combined with in-depth interviews, defy the conventional wisdom that links individual traits such as poor verbal skills, limited self-control, and difficult temperament to long-term trajectories of offending. The authors reject the idea of categorizing offenders to reveal etiologies of offending--rather, they connect variability in behavior to social context. They find that men who desisted from crime were rooted in structural routines and had strong social ties to family and community.
By uniting life-history narratives with rigorous data analysis, the authors shed new light on long-term trajectories of crime and current policies of crime control.
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John Laub and Robert Sampson's long-term data, combined with in-depth interviews, defy the conventional wisdom that links individual traits such as poor verbal skills, limited self-control, and difficult temperament to long-term trajectories of offending. The authors reject the idea of categorizing offenders to reveal etiologies of offending--rather, they connect variability in behavior to social context. They find that men who desisted from crime were rooted in structural routines and had strong social ties to family and community.
By uniting life-history narratives with rigorous data analysis, the authors shed new light on long-term trajectories of crime and current policies of crime control.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | March 2006 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | March 2006 |
Authors | John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 352 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01993-5 |
Barcode | 9780674019935 |
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LSN | 0-674-01993-8 |